Grass

Of gramineous plant.

Narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay.

This concept's ID is @1~60742

Genus Paspalum

  • dallisgrass 0 facts

    Tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass...

  • Bahia grass 0 facts

    Perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf S...

  • knotgrass 0 facts

    Low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems.

Phalaris

  • reed canary grass 0 facts

    Perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and...

  • canary grass 0 facts

    Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds.

  • hardinggrass 0 facts

    Perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage...

Festuca

  • fescue 0 facts

    Grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay...

  • sheep fescue 0 facts

    Cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass.

  • silver grass 0 facts

    Of Australia and New Zealand.

Pennisetum

  • fountain grass 0 facts

    Tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa...

  • feathertop 0 facts

    Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles.

Cenchrus

  • burgrass 1 facts

    A grass of the genus Cenchrus.

  • sandbur 0 facts

    Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly...

Cynodon

  • star grass 0 facts

    Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and...

  • giant star grass 0 facts

    Perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India...

Elymus

  • lyme grass 2 facts

    A grass of the genus Elymus.

  • wild rye 2 facts

    Any of several grasses of the genus Elymus.

Also contains

  • wheatgrass 6 facts

    A grass of the genus Agropyron.

  • brome 5 facts

    Any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regio...

  • meadowgrass 3 facts

    Any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture.

  • bent 3 facts

    Grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens.

  • finger grass 3 facts

    Grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns.

  • rye grass 3 facts

    Any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses.

  • broom grass 2 facts

    Any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making.

  • grama 2 facts

    Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.

  • reed grass 2 facts

    Any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes;...

  • finger grass 2 facts

    Any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground...

  • cordgrass 2 facts

    Any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil...

  • love grass 2 facts

    Any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the...

  • timothy 1 facts

    Grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay.

  • bluegrass 1 facts

    Any of various grasses of the genus Poa.

  • plume grass 1 facts

    A reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes.

  • nimblewill 0 facts

    Slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States.

  • beach grass 0 facts

    Tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores.

  • bunchgrass 0 facts

    Any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming...

  • midgrass 0 facts

    Any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the...

  • shortgrass 0 facts

    Any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on...

  • sword grass 0 facts

    Any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges.

  • tallgrass 0 facts

    Any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture.

  • lemongrass 0 facts

    A tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka.

  • goat grass 0 facts

    European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury...

  • tall oat grass 0 facts

    Coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough...

  • munj 0 facts

    Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.

  • bluestem 0 facts

    Tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States.

  • buffalo grass 0 facts

    Short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam).

  • pampas grass 0 facts

    Tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in...

  • toetoe 0 facts

    Tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads.

  • cockspur 0 facts

    Widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass.

  • velvet grass 0 facts

    Tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and...

  • creeping soft grass 0 facts

    European perennial grass with soft velvety foliage.

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