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Fig. 612. ElymusvirginicusLinn. Sp. P1.84. 1753. Terkell- 

 grass. — A rather stout, leafy, erect, glabrous perennial 6 to 10 

 dm. high, with terminal, erect spikes 1 to 14 cm. long, the bases of 

 which are usually inclosed in the inflated uppermost sheath. 

 Spikelets with thick and rigid, lanceolate empty glumes 16 to 24 

 mm. long (including the short awn). — Moist soil, borders of thick- 

 ets and open woodlands. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to 

 Florida, and westward to Manitoba and Texas. June-September. 



