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<br /> <br />19. Bottlebrush squirreltail <br />(Sitanion hystrix) <br />Cool season. short to mid-grass. Throughout the <br />slate. Dry hills, plains, open woods, meadows, antl <br />rocky slopes. <br />May be fair forage in the spring and early aunt- <br />mer before the seedheada develop. Poor forage <br />later. <br />A bunchgrass. Culms are 4 to 20 iachea tall, In <br />groups or tufts. Leaves are narrow, rather stlt[. <br />have prominent veins. somewhat rough on upper <br />surface. Inflorescence is a spike 1 l0 5 Inches long, <br />bristly wish spreading awns 2 to 3~fz inches long. <br />Usually two sDikelels at each joint of the rachie. <br />The seedhead ureake apart when mature. <br />16 <br />