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Fig. 278. Poa buckleyana Nash; Britton and Brown, 111. PI., 

 1 : 208 {Poa tenuifolia Buckley). Bunch Red-top.— A rather 

 slender, erect perennial "hunch grass'' 3 to 6 dm. high, with 

 numerous, soft radical leaves and a narrow panicle. — Usually in 

 dry soil of "bench" lands, mountain slopes, elevated prairies, etc. 

 (alt. 150 to 3,900 m.), South Dakota to British Columbia, Colorado, 

 and California. May-September. 



