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Fig. 294. Nardus stricta L. ; Britton and Brown, 111. FL, 1: 

 224. Wire Bent. -A glabrous, densely crespitose perennial, with 

 stout, creeping rootstocks, setaceous leaves, and erect, filiform, 

 rigid culms, 10 to 20 cm. high. — Introduced at Amherst, Mass 

 rocky river hanks, Newfoundland. [Europe, Greenland 

 Azores.] August. 



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