Infl less dense, the pedicels more exposed; principal spikelets 12-20 mm, avg more numer- ously fld, the pistillate with typically 7 fls, the staminate with 10-18 fls; first glume 2.8-5.1 mm, the second 3.6-6.6 mm; lemmas 4.4-7.5 mm; keels of the pistillate paleas more broadly winged; collar more conspicuously pilose. Saline soil or alkaline situations in the interior; w. U.S. and adj. Can., e. to Sask., Minn., and Mo. (D. stricta)

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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