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Fig. 177. Spartina stricta maritima (Walt.) Scribn. (Dactylis 

 maritime, Walt.; Spartina glabra Muhl.). Creek Sedge or 

 Thatch. — An erect and often stout salt-marsh grass from 6 to 24 

 dm. high, with long, flat leaves and few to many, erect, appressed 

 spikes. — Along- ditches and creeks of the salt marshes of both the 

 Atlantic and Pacific coasts. July-October. 



