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<br />r <br />,:. <br />~. <br /> <br /> <br />21. Needle and threadgraca (Stipa comata) <br />Cool season mid-grass. Widely dtstr}bated over <br />[he state. Plains, mesas, dry hills and often in <br />sandy soil. <br />Especially Important Tor early aDrinB feed. The <br />forage is Good sad ie readily eaten until the aeed- <br />heads are produced. May green up and be grazed <br />in [he tall when moisture condi[iase are favorable. <br />Continued heavy use In the sDring causes thfs grass <br />to die. <br />A bunchgrass. Culma 1 to 3 feat tall, erect, <br />rather stout. The basal leaves are narrow. Inrolled. <br />and 3 to 12 inches long; the calm leaves are shorter <br />ant broader. Tlie inflorescence ie an open. loosely <br />spreading panicle, 5 to 30 inches long. The uDPerv <br />most leaf sheath loosely eucloaes the base o[ the is- <br />[loreacence. The glumes are 3i to 1 inch Tong, <br />papery, persistent after the seed fails. Lemma has <br />a wavy and indistinctly bent awn, usually 4 to 5 <br />inches long. The seed fa hard, cyllndrlcal. with a <br />loog. sharp-pointed, bearded base. <br />17 <br />