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Fig. 176. Spartina junciformis Engelm. & Gray (S. densiflora 

 Brongn. (?); S. gouini Fourn.); Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2:400. 

 Rush-like Spartina. — A stout perennial 6 to 15 dm. high, with 

 very long, narrow leaves and short, appressed spikes, which form 

 a cylindrical, spike-like inflorescence 10 to 30 cm. long. — Brack- 

 ish marshes along the Gulf Coast, Key West, Florida to Texas. 

 [Mexico and Chile, f] June-October. 



