Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are a group of grass species in the family
Poaceae
Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivate ...
. They usually grow as singular plants in clumps, tufts, hummocks, or bunches, rather than forming a
sod
Sod is the upper layer of turf that is harvested for transplanting. Turf consists of a variable thickness of a soil medium that supports a community of turfgrasses.
In British and Australian English, sod is more commonly known as ''turf'', ...
or
lawn
A lawn () is an area of soil-covered land planted with Poaceae, grasses and other durable plants such as clover lawn, clover which are maintained at a short height with a lawn mower (or sometimes grazing animals) and used for aesthetic an ...
, in
meadow
A meadow ( ) is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non- woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as they maintain an open character. Meadows can occur naturally under favourable con ...
s,
grassland
A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominance (ecology), dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes such as clover, and other Herbaceo ...
s, and prairies. As
perennial
In horticulture, the term perennial ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. It has thus been defined as a plant that lives more than 2 years. The term is also ...
plants, most species live more than one season. Tussock grasses are often found as
forage
Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. Historically, the term ''forage'' has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used m ...
in
pasture
Pasture (from the Latin ''pastus'', past participle of ''pascere'', "to feed") is land used for grazing.
Types of pasture
Pasture lands in the narrow sense are enclosed tracts of farmland, grazed by domesticated livestock, such as horses, c ...
s and
ornamental grass
Ornamental grasses are grasses grown as ornamental plants. Ornamental grasses are popular in many colder hardiness zones for their resilience to cold temperatures and aesthetic value throughout fall and winter seasons.
Classifications
Along ...
es in gardens.
Many species have long roots that may reach or more into the soil, which can aid slope stabilization,
erosion control
Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development, coast, coastal areas, Bank (geography), river banks and construction. Effective erosion controls handle surface runoff and are ...
, and
soil porosity
The pore space of soil contains the liquid and gas phases of soil, i.e., everything but the solid phase that contains mainly minerals of varying sizes as well as organic compounds.
In order to understand porosity better a series of equations have ...
for precipitation absorption. Also, their roots can reach moisture more deeply than other grasses and annual plants during seasonal or climatic droughts. The plants provide habitat and food for insects (including
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...
), birds, small animals and larger
herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically evolved to feed on plants, especially upon vascular tissues such as foliage, fruits or seeds, as the main component of its diet. These more broadly also encompass animals that eat ...
s, and support beneficial soil
mycorrhiza
A mycorrhiza (; , mycorrhiza, or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant. The term mycorrhiza refers to the role of the fungus in the plant's rhizosphere, the plant root system and its surroundings. Mycorrhizae play ...
. The leaves supply material, such as for
basket weaving
Basket weaving (also basketry or basket making) is the process of weaving or sewing pliable materials into three-dimensional artifacts, such as baskets, mats, mesh bags or even furniture. Craftspeople and artists specialized in making baskets ...
, for
indigenous peoples
There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territ ...
and
contemporary art
Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, generally referring to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a ...
ists.
Tussock and bunch grasses occur in almost any habitat where other grasses are found, including:
grasslands
A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge ( Cyperaceae) and rush ( Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes such as clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur ...
,
savannas
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the Canopy (forest), canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient li ...
and
prairie
Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the ...
s,
wetlands
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...
and
estuaries
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environm ...
,
riparian zone
A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. In some regions, the terms riparian woodland, riparian forest, riparian buffer zone, riparian corridor, and riparian strip are used to characterize a ripari ...
s,
shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominance (ecology), dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbaceous plant, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally o ...
s and
scrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominance (ecology), dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbaceous plant, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally o ...
s,
woodland
A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the '' plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunli ...
s and
forest
A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological community, community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, ...
s,
montane
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...
and
alpine
Alpine may refer to any mountainous region. It may also refer to:
Places Europe
* Alps, a European mountain range
** Alpine states, which overlap with the European range
Australia
* Alpine, New South Wales, a Northern Village
* Alpine National P ...
zones,
tundra
In physical geography, a tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. There are three regions and associated types of tundra: #Arctic, Arctic, Alpine tundra, Alpine, and #Antarctic ...
and
dune
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, flat ...
s, and
desert
A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the la ...
s.
Fire resistance
In western North American
wildfire
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a ...
s, bunch grasses tend to smolder and not ignite into flames, unlike
invasive species
An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment. Invasive species adversely affect habitats and bioregions, causing ecological, environmental, and/or economic damage. The term can also be used for native spec ...
of annual grasses that contribute to a fire's spreading.
Genera
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Alloteropsis
''Alloteropsis'' (from the Greek ''allotrios'' ("strange") and ''opsis'' ("appearance")) is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family.
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Amphipogon
''Amphipogon'', the greybeard grasses, is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
; Formerly included
* ''Amphipogon humilis - Melanocenchris jacquemontii''
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Ancistrachne
''Ancistrachne'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.
; SpeciesBlake, Stanley Thatcher 1941. Papers from the Department of Biology, University of Queensland Papers 1(19): 4-6
* ''Ancistrachne ancylotricha'' (Quisumb. & Merr.) S.T.Blake - ...
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Andropogon
''Andropogon'' (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as Southern Europe and various oceanic islands.
Over 100 speci ...
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Aristida
''Aristida'' is a very nearly Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three Awn (Botany), awns (bristles) on each lemma (botany), lemma of each floret. The gen ...
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Arundinella
''Arundinella'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, common in many tropical and subtropical regions.Phipps, J. B. 1967. Studies in the Arundinelleae (Gramineae). V. The series of the genus ''Arundinella''. Canadian Journal of Bot ...
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Astrebla
''Astrebla'' is a small genus of xerophytic (adapted to survive in an environment with little liquid water) grasses found only in Australia. They are the dominant grass across much of the continent. They are commonly known as Mitchell grass aft ...
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Bothriochloa
''Bothriochloa'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. They are often called beardgrass, bluegrass or bluestem. Some species are invasive in areas wh ...
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Cenchrus
''Cenchrus'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
Comm ...
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Chloris
In Greek mythology, the name Chloris (; Greek Χλωρίς ''Chlōrís'', from χλωρός ''chlōrós'', meaning "greenish-yellow", "pale green", "pale", "pallid", or "fresh") appears in a variety of contexts. Some clearly refer to different ch ...
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Chrysopogon
''Chrysopogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. They are widespread across Eurasia, Africa, Australia, southeastern North America, and various islands.
Species
Source:
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Cymbopogon
''Cymbopogon'', also known as lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, oily heads, Cochin grass, Malabar grass, citronella grass or fever grass, is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and tropical island plants in the Poaceae, grass famil ...
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Dichanthium
''Dichanthium'', known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Some species have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.Bhat, V., et alChapter 6: ''Di ...
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Digitaria
''Digitaria'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They ar ...
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Enteropogon
''Enteropogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.Eragrostis
''Eragrostis'' is a large and widespread genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands.
''Eragrostis'' is commonly known as lovegrass or canegrass. The name of the genus is de ...
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Eriachne
''Eriachne'', commonly known as Wanderrie grass, is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species are found only in Australia, with the ranges of a few extending northward into New Guinea, parts of Asia, and Micronesia.
It is found ...
Brachypodium
''Brachypodium'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Africa, Eurasia, and Latin America. The genus is classified in its own tribe Brachypodieae.
Flimsy upright stems form tussocks. Flowers appear in compact spi ...
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Calamagrostis
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
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Chionochloa
''Chionochloa'' is a genus of tussock grass in the family Poaceae, found primarily in New Zealand with one known species in New Guinea and another on Lord Howe Island (part of Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Austr ...
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Deschampsia
''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Festuca
''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on ...
Leymus
''Leymus'' is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae (Gramineae). It is widespread across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
* '' Leymus aemulans'' - Xinjiang, Central Asia
* '' Leymus ajanensis'' - Siberia, Russian Far East, Alaska
* '' L ...
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Leptochloa
''Leptochloa'' is a widespread genus of Asian, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.
Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.
The generic name is derived from the Greek words ''leptos'', meaning "thin," and ''chloa ...
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Melica
''Melica'' is a genus of perennial grasses known generally as melic or melic grass. They are found in most temperate regions of the world.
Melic grasses are clumping to short-rhizomatous grasses. They have flowering culms up to tall bearing ...
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Mnesithea
''Mnesithea'', or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. The number of species placed in the genus varied considerably depending in large part on how the genus ''Coelorachis'' was treate ...
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Muhlenbergia
''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.
The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly.
The greatest ...
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Nassella
''Nassella'', or needlegrass, is a New World genus of over 100 perennial bunchgrasses found from North America through South America. The Latin word ''nassa'' refers to "a basket with a narrow neck". It is usually considered segregate from the ge ...
Oryza
''Oryza'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. It includes the major food crop rice (species '' Oryza sativa'' and '' Oryza glaberrima''). Members of the genus grow as tall, wetland grasses, growing to tall; the genus includes both annua ...
Panicum
''Panicum'' (panicgrass) is a large genus of about 250 species of Poaceae, grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, Annual plant, annual or P ...
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Paraneurachne
''Paraneurachne'' is a genus of Australian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. The only known species is ''Paraneurachne muelleri'' native to Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland.
References
External links
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Paspalidium
''Paspalidium'' (watercrown grass) is a formerly accepted genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family. , Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of ''Setaria''.
The genus included about 40 species of annuals ...
Sorghum
''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the Poaceae, grass genus ''Sorghum (genus), Sorghum'' cultivated for its grain. The grain i ...
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Sporobolus
''Sporobolus'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name ''Sporobolus'' means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of ...
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Themeda
''Themeda'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and Papuasia. There are about 18Barkworth, M. E''Themeda''.Grass Manual. Flora of North America. to 26Potdar, G. G., et al. (2003)A new species of ''Themeda'' ...
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Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, perennial hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic grasses collectively known as feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass. They are placed in the subfamily Pooideae and the tribe Stipeae, w ...
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Triodia
Triodia may refer to:
* ''Triodia'' (moth), a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae
* ''Triodia'' (plant), a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae
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'', formerly ''Plectrachne'' (Australia)
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Tripogon
''Tripogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. They are widespread across Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Fiveminute grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species
Species include:
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Triraphis
''Triraphis'' is a genus of African, Arabian, Australian, and Brazilian plants in the grass family. Needlegrass is a common name for plants in this genus.
; Species
* '' Triraphis andropogonoides'' (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Botswana, ...
'' (tropical climates)
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Xerochloa
''Xerochloa'' is a genus of Australian and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.
; Species
* '' Xerochloa barbata'' R.Br. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
* '' Xerochloa imberbis'' R.Br. - rice grass - Thailand, Java, We ...
Zygochloa
''Zygochloa'' is a genus of desert plants in the grass family known only from Australia. The only known species is ''Zygochloa paradoxa'', commonly known as sandhill canegrass. It occurs in extremely arid areas such as the Simpson Desert.
Desc ...
Agrostis bettyae
''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass.
Species
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Agrostis propinqua
''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass.
Species
, Plants of the World Online a ...
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Agrostis thompsoniae
''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass.
Species
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Alloteropsis semialata
''Alloteropsis semialata'', known commonly as black seed grass, cockatoo grass, ''donkersaad gras'', ''swartsaadgras'', ''tweevingergras'', and ''isi quinti'', is a perennial grass found in tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Madagascar, and Austr ...
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Amphibromus fluitans
''Amphibromus'' is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. Most are known as swamp wallaby grass.Thieret, J. W''Amphibromus''. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.Amphibromus macrorhinus
''Amphibromus'' is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. Most are known as swamp wallaby grass.Thieret, J. W''Amphibromus''. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.Amphibromus neesii
''Amphibromus'' is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. Most are known as swamp wallaby grass.Thieret, J. W''Amphibromus''. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.Amphibromus nervosus
''Amphibromus'' is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. Most are known as swamp wallaby grass.Thieret, J. W''Amphibromus''. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.Amphibromus pithogastrus
''Amphibromus'' is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. Most are known as swamp wallaby grass.Thieret, J. W''Amphibromus''. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.Amphibromus sinuatus''
*'' Amphibromus whitei''
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Amphipogon caricinus
''Amphipogon'', the greybeard grasses, is a genus of Australian plants in the Poaceae, grass family.
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
; Formerly included
* ''Amphipogon humilis - Melanocenchris jacquemontii' ...
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Amphipogon caricinus
''Amphipogon'', the greybeard grasses, is a genus of Australian plants in the Poaceae, grass family.
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
; Formerly included
* ''Amphipogon humilis - Melanocenchris jacquemontii' ...
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Ancistrachne maidenii
''Simonachne maidenii'' is a species of grass (in the family Poaceae) endemic to New South Wales. It is the sole species in genus ''Simonachne''.
It is a scrambling perennial grass with slender, rigid horizontal stems and branches which ascend ...
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Ancistrachne uncinulata
''Ancistrachne uncinulata'', the hooked-hairy panic grass, is a grass (Poaceae family), and was first described in 1810 as ''Panicum uncinulatum'' by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773), Robert Brown, and then in 1941, was assigned to the genus, ...
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Ancistrachne uncinulata
''Ancistrachne uncinulata'', the hooked-hairy panic grass, is a grass (Poaceae family), and was first described in 1810 as ''Panicum uncinulatum'' by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773), Robert Brown, and then in 1941, was assigned to the genus, ...
Aristida acuta
''Aristida acuta'' is a native Australian species of grass. Found in New South Wales and Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-la ...
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Aristida anthoxanthoides
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
Aristida benthamii
''Aristida benthamii'' is a native Australian species of grass. Found in New South Wales and Queensland.
References
Aristida, benthamii
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Queensland
Plants described in 1932
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Aristida blakei
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
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Aristida calycina
''Aristida calycina'', commonly known as dark wiregrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae that is native in Australia.
Description
The grass-like or herbaceous perennial plant has a compact or loosely tufted habit and typically grows ...
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Aristida caput-medusae
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
Aristida echinata
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
Aristida helicophylla
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
Aristida jerichoensis
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
Aristida lazaridis
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
Aristida lignosa
''Aristida lignosa'' is a species of Poaceae (grass), native to New South Wales and Queensland, in Australia.
It was first described in 1984 by Bryan Kenneth Simon..
Distribution & habitat
Its range extends from central and south-eastern Queen ...
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Aristida longicollis
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
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Aristida muricata
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
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Aristida nitidula
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
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Aristida obscura
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
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Aristida personata
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
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Aristida platychaeta
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
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Aristida pruinosa
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
Aristida spuria
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
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Aristida strigosa
''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid war ...
Aristida warburgii
''Aristida warburgii'' is a species of grass (in the family Poaceae) that is native to New South Wales and Queensland. It was first described by Carl Christian Mez in 1921 from a specimen collected near Maryborough, Queensland. The species epith ...
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Arundinella nepalensis
''Arundinella'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, common in many tropical and subtropical regions.Phipps, J. B. 1967. Studies in the Arundinelleae (Gramineae). V. The series of the genus ''Arundinella''. Canadian Journal of Bot ...
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Astrebla elymoides
''Astrebla elymoides'', commonly known as hoop Mitchell grass, is a herb of the family Poaceae that grows to tall. It was named in honour of Thomas Mitchell. It is found on floodplains and heavy self-mulching clay soils in arid to semi-arid Aus ...
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Astrebla lappacea
''Astrebla lappacea'', commonly known as curly Mitchell grass, is a herb of the family Poaceae from the order Poales. It grows to tall. Named in honour of Thomas Mitchell, the Latin specific epithet of ''lappacea'' is derived from ''lappa'' mea ...
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Astrebla pectinata
''Astrebla pectinata'', commonly known as barley Mitchell grass, is a herb of the family Poaceae from the order Poales.
Description
''Astrebla pectinata'' grows to . The flowers are pollinated by wind and are hermaphrodites, having both male and ...
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Astrebla squarrosa
''Astrebla squarrosa'', commonly known as bull Mitchell grass, is a long lived herb of the family Poaceae. It is often seen growing to tall. Its common name is one bestowed in honour of Thomas Mitchell. The plant can be found on floodplains and ...
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Australopyrum pectinatum
''Australopyrum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea.
The genus ''Australopyrum'' is closely related to ''Agropyron,'' and some authors consider it part of that genus.
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Austrostipa acrociliata
''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass.
The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, pere ...
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Austrostipa aristiglumis
''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass.
The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, pere ...
Austrostipa blackii
''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass.
The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, pere ...
Austrostipa drummondii
''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass.
The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, pere ...
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Austrostipa elegantissima
''Austrostipa elegantissima'', commonly known as tall feather-grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to southern Australia, from Western Australia to New South Wales. It grows as a decumbent perennial in a rhizomatous t ...
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Austrostipa eremophila
''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass.
The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, pere ...
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Austrostipa flavescens
''Austrostipa flavescens'', commonly known as coast spear-grass, is a species of grass in the genus '' Austrostipa'', family Poaceae. It is native to southern Australia. It grows as a perennial tussock grass, with flat to narrow inrolled leaves ...
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Austrostipa gibbosa
''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass.
The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, pere ...
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Austrostipa metatoris
''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass.
The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, pere ...
Austrostipa nodosa
''Austrostipa nodosa'' is a widespread species of grass found in Australia and New Zealand. This bunchgrass may reach tall. Flowering occurs after rain.
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Austrostipa nullanulla
''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass.
The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, pere ...
Austrostipa puberula
''Austrostipa puberula'' is a plant species from the genus '' Austrostipa''.Austrostipa puberula (Steud.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via ...
Austrostipa pubinodis
''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass.
The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, pere ...
Austrostipa rudis
''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass.
The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, pere ...
Austrostipa stipoides
''Austrostipa stipoides'', commonly known as prickly spear-grass or coast spear-grass, is a kind of tussock grass native to the coasts of south-eastern Australia and of New Zealand
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Austrostipa variabilis
''Austrostipa variabilis'' is a species of grass in the family Poaceae that grows in southern parts of Australia.
Description
It is a perennial tufted bunchgrass, from in height. It has green or purple flowers.
Distribution and habitat
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Austrostipa verticillata
''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly called speargrass.
The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa.'' All known species are native to Australia, most of them fo ...
Bothriochloa biloba
''Bothriochloa'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. They are often called beardgrass, bluegrass or bluestem. Some species are invasive in areas whe ...
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Bothriochloa bladhii
''Bothriochloa bladhii'' (commonly called, variously, Australian bluestem, Caucasian bluestem, forest-bluegrass, plains bluestem, and purple plume grass) is a Neotropic grass in the family Poaceae, found primarily in tropical Africa, and tropica ...
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Bothriochloa decipiens
''Bothriochloa'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. They are often called beardgrass, bluegrass or bluestem. Some species are invasive in areas whe ...
Bothriochloa ewartiana
''Bothriochloa'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. They are often called beardgrass, bluegrass or bluestem. Some species are invasive in areas whe ...
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Bothriochloa macra
''Bothriochloa macra'', commonly known as red-leg grass, red grass, redleg or pitted beard grass is a perennial grass species that is native to eastern Australia and New Zealand. It is naturalised in Tasmania and Norfolk Island.
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Bromus arenarius
''Bromus arenarius'' is a species of brome grass known by the common name Australian brome.
It is native to much of Australia, and it is known in New Zealand and parts of North America as an introduced species. It is an annual grass growing up t ...
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Capillipedium parviflorum
''Capillipedium'' (common name scented-tops) is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family. They are native to Africa, Asia, Australia, and certain islands in the Western Pacific Ocean, Western Pacific.
''Capillipedium mistryi'' is an except ...
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Capillipedium spicigerum
''Capillipedium spicigerum'', commonly known as scented-top grass, is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae that is native to Australia.
Description
''Capillipedium spicigerum'' is a tufted perennial bunchgrass, without stolons or ...
Chionochloa frigida
''Chionochloa'' is a genus of tussock grass in the Family (biology), family Poaceae, found primarily in New Zealand with one known species in New Guinea and another on Lord Howe Island (part of Australia). Some of the species are referred to as ...
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Chloris divaricata
In Greek mythology, the name Chloris (; Greek Χλωρίς ''Chlōrís'', from χλωρός ''chlōrós'', meaning "greenish-yellow", "pale green", "pale", "pallid", or "fresh") appears in a variety of contexts. Some clearly refer to different ch ...
Chrysopogon fallax
''Chrysopogon fallax'' is a perennial tufted grass endemic to Australia found in all mainland states except Victoria. It is commonly known as golden beard grass, ribbon grass, and weeping grass.
Etymology
''Chrysopogon'' is derived from the Gr ...
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Chrysopogon filipes
''Chrysopogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. They are widespread across Eurasia, Africa, Australia, southeastern North America, and various islands.
Species
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Chrysopogon sylvaticus
''Chrysopogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family. They are widespread across Eurasia, Africa, Australia, southeastern North America, and various islands.
Species
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Cleistochloa subjuncea
''Cleistochloa'' is a genus of bunchgrasses in the family Poaceae.Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1933. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 33: plate 3209 It includes three species native to New Guinea and eastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales).
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Cymbopogon ambiguus
''Cymbopogon ambiguus'', or Australian lemon-scented grass, is a plant species in the family Poaceae. It has fragrant, bluish-green grey leaves and fluffy seed heads. It is self-fertile.
Cultivation
''Cymbopogon ambiguus'' needs a sunny position. ...
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Cymbopogon bombycinus
''Cymbopogon bombycinus'', or citronella grass (also called silky oil grass) is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae that is native to Australia.
Description
''Cymbopogon bombycinus'' is a tufted perennial bunchgrass, without st ...
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Cymbopogon obtectus
''Cymbopogon obtectus'' is a species of perennial grass in the genus ''Cymbopogon''. The grass is native to Australia and was described by Stanley Thatcher Blake in 1944. It is found in drier areas. The plant can be harvested in the wild to produ ...
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Cymbopogon refractus
''Cymbopogon refractus'', commonly known as barbed wire grass, is a species of perennial grass in the genus ''Cymbopogon'' of the family Poaceae. It is native to Australia.
Description
''Cymbopogon refractus'' is a tufted perennial bunchgrass, ...
Deschampsia cespitosa
''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Deyeuxia accedens
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
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Deyeuxia acuminata
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
Deyeuxia appressa
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family (biology), family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calam ...
Deyeuxia contracta
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
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Deyeuxia crassiuscula
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
Deyeuxia innominata
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
Deyeuxia mesathera
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
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Deyeuxia microseta
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
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Deyeuxia monticola
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
Deyeuxia reflexa
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
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Deyeuxia rodwayi
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
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Deyeuxia scaberula
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
Dichanthium sericeum
''Dichanthium'', known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the Poaceae, grass family.
Some species have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.Bhat, V., et alChapte ...
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Dichanthium setosum
''Dichanthium'', known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Some species have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.Bhat, V., et alChapter 6: ''Di ...
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Dichanthium tenue
''Dichanthium'', known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Some species have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.Bhat, V., et alChapter 6: ''Di ...
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Dichelachne crinita
''Dichelachne crinita '', commonly known as the longhair plume grass, is a type of grass found in Australia, New Zealand and islands of the Pacific Ocean. It is often seen on sandy soils near the sea as well as woodlands. The flowering panicles a ...
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Dichelachne hirtella
''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.Dichelachne inaequiglumis
''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.Dichelachne micrantha
''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the Poaceae, grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.Dichelachne parva
''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.Dichelachne rara
''Dichelachne rara'' is a species of grass found in Australia and New Zealand. It is often seen in woodland on better quality soils. The grass may grow up to tall. The specific epithet ''rara'' is derived from Latin
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Dichelachne sieberiana
''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.Digitaria ammophila
''Digitaria'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are ...
Digitaria brownii
''Digitaria brownii'', also known as cotton grass or cotton panic grass, is a species of perennial grass in the genus of Digitaria.
Description
The maximum height for ''D. brownii'' is with the average height being . Its flat hairless leave ...
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Digitaria coenicola
''Digitaria'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are ...
Digitaria hubbardii
''Digitaria'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are ...
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Digitaria hystrichoides
''Digitaria'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are ...
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Digitaria leucostachya
''Digitaria'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. ...
Digitaria ramularis
''Digitaria'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are ...
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Diplachne fusca
''Diplachne fusca'', called bearded sprangletop and Kallar grass, is a widespread species of grass in the genus ''Diplachne'', native to North America, the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia, and introduced in Europe, New Zeala ...
Echinochloa colona
''Echinochloa colona'', commonly known as jungle rice, wild rice, deccan grass, jharua or awnless barnyard grass, is a type of wild grass originating from tropical Asia. It was formerly classified as a species of ''Panicum''. It is the wild anc ...
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Echinochloa inundata
''Echinochloa'' is a very widespread genus of plants in the grass family and tribe Paniceae. Some of the species are known by the common names barnyard grass or cockspur grass.
Some of the species within this genus are millets that are grown a ...
Echinopogon caespitosus
''Echinopogon caespitosus'', the bushy hedgehog grass or tufted hedgehog grass, is a species of grass native to southeastern Australia. It is often found in disturbed areas. The original specimen was collected at Katoomba railway station in 1931, ...
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Echinopogon cheelii
''Echinopogon cheelii'', commonly known as longflower hedgehog grass, is a species of grass endemic to southeastern Australia.
Description
''Echinopogon cheelii'' is a loosely tufted perennial grass that grows up to in height.
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Echinopogon intermedius
''Echinopogon'' is a genus of grasses native to Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Zealand. They are known commonly as hedgehog grasses.
They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles.Echinopogon mckiei
''Echinopogon'' is a genus of grasses native to Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Zealand. They are known commonly as hedgehog grasses.
They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles.Echinopogon nutans
''Echinopogon'' is a genus of Poaceae, grasses native to Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Zealand. They are known commonly as hedgehog grasses.
They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles.Echinopogon ovatus
''Echinopogon'' is a genus of grasses native to Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Zealand. They are known commonly as hedgehog grasses.
They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles.Echinopogon phleoides
''Echinopogon'' is a genus of grasses native to Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Zealand. They are known commonly as hedgehog grasses.
They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles.Elymus fertilis
Elymus may refer to:
* ''Elymus'' (plant), a genus of grasses
* Elymus (mythology), the mythical ancestor of the Elymians
* A man killed by Gorge (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Gorge (, comes from the adjective ''gorgos,'' "terrible" or "horrib ...
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Elymus multiflorus
Elymus may refer to:
* ''Elymus'' (plant), a genus of grasses
* Elymus (mythology)
Elymus () was the supposed Trojan ancestor of the Elymians (), an indigenous people of Sicily, in Greek and Roman legend.
Legends
Elymus was a Trojan, a nat ...
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Elymus rectisetus
Elymus may refer to:
* ''Elymus'' (plant), a genus of grasses
* Elymus (mythology)
Elymus () was the supposed Trojan ancestor of the Elymians (), an indigenous people of Sicily, in Greek and Roman legend.
Legends
Elymus was a Trojan, a nat ...
Elytrophorus spicatus
''Elytrophorus spicatus'' (common name spikegrass) is a small plant in the Poaceae family native to Africa, the Indian subcontinent, south-east Asia and Australia.
Description
''Elytrophorus spicatus'' is a tufted, annual or perennial plant wi ...
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Enneapogon avenaceus
''Enneapogon'' is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.
They are also called bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences.
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Enneapogon cylindricus
''Enneapogon'' is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.
They are also called bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences.
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Enneapogon gracilis
''Enneapogon gracilis'', or slender nineawn, is a species of grass found in Eastern Australia. It is also called slender bottlewashers.
Distribution
Slender nineawn is common in inland New South Wales and Queensland, and is also found in Victo ...
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Enneapogon intermedius
''Enneapogon'' is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.
They are also called bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences.
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Enneapogon lindleyanus
''Enneapogon'' is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.
They are also called bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences.
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Enteropogon acicularis
''Enteropogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.Enteropogon ramosus
''Enteropogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.Enteropogon unispiceus
''Enteropogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.Entolasia marginata
''Entolasia marginata'', known as the bordered panic grass, is a species of grass found in eastern Australia, tropical Asia and the Pacific region.
It can grow up to 0.8 metres tall when freestanding, but may even reach in excess of two metres ...
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Entolasia stricta
''Entolasia stricta'', commonly known as wiry panic, is a species of ''right angled'' grass in the family Poaceae. It is found in eastern Australia on sandy or sandstone-based soils. The leaves are inrolled or curved inwards and somewhat rough t ...
Eragrostis benthamii
''Eragrostis'' is a large and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands.
''Eragrostis'' is commonly known as lovegrass or canegrass. The name of the genus is derived fro ...
Eragrostis lehmanniana
''Eragrostis lehmanniana'' is a species of grass known by the common name Lehmann lovegrass. It is native to southern Africa. It is present elsewhere as an introduced species. It is well known as an invasive weed in some areas, such as Arizona i ...
Eremochloa bimaculata
''Eremochloa'' is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family.
; SpeciesPohl, R. W. 1994. 171. ''Eremochloa'' Buse. 6: 397. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma ...
Eriochloa australiensis
''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia.
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Eriochloa crebra
''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia.
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Eulalia aurea
''Eulalia aurea'' is a grass (in the Poaceae family). It was first described as ''Andropogon aureum'' in 1804 by Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Bory de Saint-VincentBory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1804), Voyage dans les quatre Principales ...
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Festuca asperula
''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every ...
Glyceria australis
''Glyceria'' is a widespread genus of grass family common across Eurasia, Australia, North Africa, and the Americas.
''Glyceria'' is known commonly as mannagrass in the United States, or, in the UK, sweet-grass. These are perennial rhizomatous ...
Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus
''Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus'', commonly known as buttongrass, is a species of tussock-forming sedge from southeastern Australia. It forms part of a unique habitat in Tasmania.
It was originally described as ''Chaetospora sphaerocephala'' by ...
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Heteropogon contortus
''Heteropogon contortus'' is a tropical, perennial tussock grass with a native distribution encompassing Southern Africa, southern Asia, Northern Australia, Oceania, and southwestern North America. The species has also become a naturalised weed ...
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Hierochloe rariflora
''Hierochloe'' is a genus of plants in the grass family known generally as sweetgrass. These are perennial rhizomatous grasses found primarily in temperate and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America, although some species extend southward ...
Homopholis belsonii
''Homopholis'' is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
;Species
The only known species is ''Homopholis belsonii'', native to the States of Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.
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Imperata cylindrica
''Imperata cylindrica'' (commonly known as cogongrass or kunai grass ) is a species of Perennial plant, perennial rhizomatous grass native to tropical and subtropical Asia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia, Africa, and Southern Europe. It has al ...
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Isachne globosa
''Isachne'' is a widespread genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.Iseilema membranaceum''
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Joycea pallida
''Rytidosperma pallidum'' (syn. '' Joycea pallida''), commonly known as red-anther wallaby grass, is an Australian species of tussock grass found in Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The grass has flowers in Decemb ...
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Lachnagrostis aemula
''Lachnagrostis'' is a genus of African, Australian, Pacific Island, and South American plants in the Poaceae, grass family. They are often treated as members of genus ''Agrostis''.
; SpeciesRúgolo de Agrasar, Z. & A. M. Molina. 2002. El géner ...
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Lachnagrostis aequata
''Lachnagrostis'' is a genus of African, Australian, Pacific Island, and South American plants in the grass family. They are often treated as members of genus ''Agrostis''.
; SpeciesRúgolo de Agrasar, Z. & A. M. Molina. 2002. El género ''Lachn ...
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Lachnagrostis billardierei
''Lachnagrostis billardierei'', commonly known as coast blown-grass or sand wind grass, is a species of plant in the true grass family. The genus name means “woolly agrostis” with reference to the closely related genus ''Agrostis''; the spec ...
Leptochloa digitata
''Leptochloa'' is a widespread genus of Asian, Australian, and American plants in the Poaceae, grass family.
Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.
The generic name is derived from the Greek language, Greek words ''leptos'', me ...
Panicum buncei
''Panicum'' (panicgrass) is a large genus of about 250 species of grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, annual or perennial grasses, grow ...
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Panicum decompositum
''Panicum decompositum'', known by the common names native millet, native panic, Australian millet, papa grass, and umbrella grass, is a species of Perennial plant, perennial grass native to the inland of Australia. It occurs in every mainland s ...
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Panicum effusum
''Panicum effusum'', commonly known as hairy panic, is a grass native to inland Australia. It occurs in every mainland state, as well as New Guinea. In dry conditions, the fast-growing grass can become a tumbleweed.
Description
Hairy panic is a ...
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Panicum laevinode
''Panicum'' (panicgrass) is a large genus of about 250 species of grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, annual or perennial grasses, growi ...
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Panicum paludosum
''Panicum'' (panicgrass) is a large genus of about 250 species of grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, annual or perennial grasses, growi ...
Panicum simile
''Panicum simile'', known by the common name two colour panic, is a species of grass found in eastern Australia.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 273 It was described by Karel Domin in 1915.
References
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Paspalidium constrictum
''Paspalidium'' (watercrown grass) is a formerly accepted genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. , Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of ''Setaria''.
The genus included about 40 species of annuals and peren ...
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Paspalidium criniforme
''Paspalidium'' (watercrown grass) is a formerly accepted genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. , Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of ''Setaria''.
The genus included about 40 species of annuals and peren ...
Paspalidium gausum
''Paspalidium'' (watercrown grass) is a formerly accepted genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. , Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of ''Setaria''.
The genus included about 40 species of annuals and peren ...
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Paspalidium globoideum
''Setaria globoidea'', synonym ''Paspalidium globoideum'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, native to Queensland and New South Wales. It was first described by Karel Domin
Karel Domin (4 May 1882 – 10 June 1953) was a ...
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Paspalidium gracile
''Paspalidium'' (watercrown grass) is a formerly accepted genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. , Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of ''Setaria''.
The genus included about 40 species of annuals and peren ...
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Paspalidium grandispiculatum
''Paspalidium'' (watercrown grass) is a formerly accepted genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. , Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of ''Setaria''.
The genus included about 40 species of annuals and peren ...
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Paspalidium jubiflorum
''Paspalidium'' (watercrown grass) is a formerly accepted genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. , Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of ''Setaria''.
The genus included about 40 species of annuals and peren ...
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Paspalidium rarum
''Paspalidium'' (watercrown grass) is a formerly accepted genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. , Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of ''Setaria''.
The genus included about 40 species of annuals and peren ...
Phragmites australis
''Phragmites australis'', known as the common reed, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. It is a wetland grass that can grow up to tall and has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide.
Description
''Phragmites australis' ...
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Plagiosetum refractum
''Plagiosetum'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family. The only known species is ''Plagiosetum refractum'', found in Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia, and New South Wales.
References
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Poa cheelii
''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), an ...
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Poa clivicola
''Poa clivicola'', commonly known as fine-leaved snow grass, is an endangered Australian grass species, VicFlora 2023, Poa clivacola Vickery: Fine-leaved snow-grass, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, viewed 1 April 2024, https://vicflora.rbg.vic.g ...
Poa fawcettiae
''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of Poaceae, grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand spe ...
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Poa fax
''Poa fax'' is a species of grass in the family Poaceae, native to the Australian states of Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria. This species has the shortest scientific name of any plant. ''Poa'' () is Greek for "fo ...
Poa helmsii
''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), an ...
Poa hookeri
''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), an ...
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Poa induta
''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), an ...
Poa meionectes
''Poa meionectes'', known as the fine-leaved snow grass, is a tufted grass native to south eastern Australia. It grows to 70 cm high, leaves are 0.3 mm wide. It occurs south of Orange, New South Wales. Flowering occurs in spring and ...
Poa phillipsiana
''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), an ...
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Poa poiformis
''Poa poiformis'', commonly known as coast tussock-grass or blue tussock-grass, is a densely tufted, erect, perennial tussock grass, with distinctive blue-green leaves, that grows to about 1 m in height. Its inflorescences are arranged in a ...
Poa sieberiana
''Poa sieberiana'', commonly known as grey tussock-grass and snow grass, is a species of tussock grass that is endemic to Australia.
The species was formally described in 1827 by German botanist Kurt Sprengel
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Poa triodioides
''Poa triodioides'', synonyms including ''Austrofestuca littoralis'', is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to southwestern and southeastern Australia and to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by ...
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Potamophila parviflora
''Potamophila'' is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
The only known species is ''Potamophila parviflora''.Ge, S., et al. (2002)A phylogeny of the rice tribe Oryzeae (Poaceae) based on matK sequence data.''American Journal of Bot ...
Rytidosperma pumilum
''Rytidosperma pumilum'', also known as feldmark grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is found in Australia and New Zealand.
Description
Feldmark grass is a small and inconspicuous tufted bunchgrass, with its leaves growing to ...
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Rytidosperma vickeryae
''Rytidosperma'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species occur in Australasia, with a few in insular Southeast Asia, southern South America (Chile, Argentina), and certain islands of the Pacific (Hawaii, Easter Island). Seve ...
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Sacciolepis indica
''Sacciolepis'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
They are widespread in Tropics, tropical and warmer temperate regions. Many are native to Africa, with others in Asia, A ...
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Schizachyrium fragile
''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas.
In the United States ...
Setaria surgens
''Setaria'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Latin word ''seta'', meaning "bristle" or "hair", which refers to the bristly spikelets.
The genus includes over 100 species distributed in many tr ...
Sporobolus actinocladus
''Sporobolus'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name ''Sporobolus'' means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of ...
Sporobolus contiguus
''Sporobolus'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name ''Sporobolus'' means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of ...
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Sporobolus creber
''Sporobolus'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name ''Sporobolus'' means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of ...
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Sporobolus diander
''Sporobolus'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name ''Sporobolus'' means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of ...
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Sporobolus disjunctus
''Sporobolus'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name ''Sporobolus'' means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of ...
Sporobolus laxus
''Sporobolus'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name ''Sporobolus'' means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of ...
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Sporobolus sessilis
''Sporobolus'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name ''Sporobolus'' means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of ...
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Tetrarrhena juncea
''Tetrarrhena'' is a genus of grasses. It includes six species native to eastern and southern Australia including Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It ...
Themeda avenacea
''Themeda'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and Papuasia. There are about 18Barkworth, M. E''Themeda''.Grass Manual. Flora of North America. to 26Potdar, G. G., et al. (2003)A new species of ''Themeda'' ...
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Themeda triandra
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''Themeda triandra'' is a species of perennial tussock-forming grass widespread in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific. In Australia it is commonly known as kangaroo grass and in East Africa and South Africa it is known as red grass and ...
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Thyridolepis mitchelliana
''Thyridolepis mitchelliana'' (common name mulga grass or mulga mitchell grass) is a plant in the grass family, found in all mainland states and territories of Australia, except Victoria.
It was first described in 1843 by Christian Gottfried D ...
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Thyridolepis xerophila
''Thyridolepis'' is a genus of Australian plants in the family Poaceae.
Species
* ''Thyridolepis mitchelliana'' (Nees) S.T.Blake
* ''Thyridolepis multiculmis
''Thyridolepis'' is a genus of Australian plants in the family Poaceae
Poace ...
Tripogon loliiformis
''Tripogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family. They are widespread across Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Fiveminute grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species
Species include:
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Triraphis mollis
''Triraphis'' is a genus of African, Arabian, Australian, and Brazilian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Needlegrass is a common name for plants in this genus.
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* ''Triraphis andropogonoides'' (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Bo ...
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Trisetum spicatum
''Trisetum spicatum'' is a species of grass known by the common name spike trisetum and spike false oat. It is native to North America, Eurasia, and South America. In North America it occurs throughout northern regions, including northern section ...
Yakirra australiensis
''Yakirra'' is a genus of Burmese and Australian plants in the grass family.
; Species
* '' Yakirra australiensis'' (Domin) Lazarides & R.D.Webster - Northern Territory, Queensland, WAU, South Australia, New South Wales
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Zygochloa paradoxa
''Zygochloa'' is a genus of desert plants in the grass family known only from Australia. The only known species is ''Zygochloa paradoxa'', commonly known as sandhill canegrass. It occurs in extremely arid areas such as the Simpson Desert.
Desc ...
Chionochloa flavescens
''Chionochloa flavescens'', known as broad-leaved snow tussock or haumata in Māori. Endemic to New Zealand, there are several different sub species that look very similar. The leaves which are up to one centimetre wide is larger than most tuss ...
Chionochloa rubra
''Chionochloa rubra'', known commonly as red tussock grass, is a species of tussock grass in the grass family, endemic to New Zealand.
Description
New Zealand has 22 endemic species of '' Chionochloa'', including ''C. rubra'', which has a dist ...
Poa cita
''Poa cita'', commonly known as the silver tussock, or wī, which is also a Māori name, or by the Māori name , is a grass of the family Poaceae that is endemic to New Zealand. ''Poa cita'' was described and named by Elizabeth Edgar in 1986, ha ...
'' – silver tussock
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Poa colensoi
''Poa colensoi'', the blue tussock, is a species of cool-season grass in the family Poaceae, endemic to New Zealand. It is considered the native grass species with the highest potential for use in high altitude livestock grazing
In agricult ...
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Poa foliosa
''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), an ...
'' – muttonbird poa
North America
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Aristida purpurea
''Aristida purpurea'' is a species of grass native to North America which is known by the common name purple three-awn.
Distribution
This grass is fairly widespread and can be found across the western two thirds of the United States, much of ...
'' – purple three-awn
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Bouteloua gracilis
''Bouteloua gracilis'', the blue grama, is a long-lived, warm-season ( C4) perennial grass, native to North America.
It is most commonly found from Alberta, Canada, east to Manitoba and south across the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and U.S. M ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
Danthonia californica
''Danthonia californica'' is a species of grass known by the common name California oatgrass. This plant is native to two separate regions of the Americas, western North America from California to Saskatchewan, and Chile.
Description
''Danthonia ...
'' – California oatgrass
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Eriophorum vaginatum
''Eriophorum vaginatum'', the hare's-tail cottongrass, tussock cottongrass, or sheathed cottonsedge, is a species of perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It is native to bogs and other acidic wetlands throughout t ...
'' – hare's-tail cottongrass
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Festuca californica
''Festuca californica'' is a species of grass known by the common name California fescue.
This fescue species is native to the U.S. states of California and Oregon, where it is a member of many plant communities, including chaparral and oak wood ...
'' – California fescue
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Festuca idahoensis
''Festuca idahoensis'' is a species of grass known by the common names Idaho fescue and blue bunchgrass. It is native to western North America, where it is widespread and common. It can be found in many ecosystems, from shady forests to open plai ...
'' – Idaho fescue
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Festuca rubra
''Festuca rubra'' is a species of grass known by the common name red fescue, creeping red fescue or the rush-leaf fescue. It is widespread across much of the Northern Hemisphere and can tolerate many habitats and climates. It is best adapted to w ...
'' – red fescue
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Koeleria macrantha
''Koeleria macrantha'' is a species of grass known by the common name prairie Junegrass in North America and crested hair-grass in the UK. It is widespread across much of Eurasia and North America. It occurs in many habitat types.
Description
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Leymus condensatus
''Leymus condensatus'', the giant wildrye, is a wild rye grass native to eastern Oregon, California and northern Mexico.
Description
''Leymus condensatus'' also commonly referred to as ''Canyon Prince'' is a type of wild rye that is part of t ...
'' – giant wildrye
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Melica californica
''Melica californica'' is a species of grass known by the common name California melic.
Distribution
This grass is native to Oregon and California, where it grows in many types of habitat, from mountain forests to open grassland at sea level.
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Muhlenbergia rigens
''Muhlenbergia rigens'', commonly known as deergrass, is a warm season perennial bunchgrass. It is found in sandy or well-drained soils below in elevation in the Southwestern United States and parts of Mexico.
Description
Deergrass is character ...
Nassella pulchra
''Nassella pulchra'', basionym ''Stipa pulchra'', is a species of grass known by the common names purple needlegrass and purple tussockgrass. It is native to the U.S. state of California, where it occurs throughout the coastal hills, valleys, and ...
'' – purple needlegrass (the state grass of California)
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Poa secunda
''Poa secunda'' (variously known by the common names of Sandberg bluegrass, alkali bluegrass, big bluegrass, Canby's bluegrass, Nevada bluegrass, one-sided bluegrass, Pacific bluegrass, pine bluegrass, slender bluegrass, wild bluegrass, and curly ...
'' – pine bluegrass
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Sporobolus heterolepis
''Sporobolus heterolepis'', commonly known as prairie dropseed, is a species of prairie grass native to the tallgrass and mixed grass prairies of central North America from Texas to southern Canada. It is also found further east, to the Atlanti ...
'' – prairie dropseed
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Sporobolus virginicus
''Sporobolus virginicus'', known by numerous common names including seashore dropseed, marine couch, sand couch, salt couch grass, saltwater couch, coastal rat-tail grass, and nioaka, is a species of Poaceae, grass with a wide distribution.
Desc ...
'' – salt couch grass
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Tripsacum dactyloides
''Tripsacum dactyloides'', commonly called eastern gamagrass, or Fakahatchee grass, is a warm-season, sod-forming bunch grass. It is widespread in the Western Hemisphere, native from the eastern United States to northern South America.
'' – eastern gamagrass
South America
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Deschampsia cespitosa
''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Nassella trichotoma
''Nassella'', or needlegrass, is a New World genus of over 100 perennial bunchgrasses found from North America through South America. The Latin word ''nassa'' refers to "a basket with a narrow neck". It is usually considered segregate from the ge ...
'' – serrated tussock (common pasture
weed
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, growing where it conflicts with human preferences, needs, or goals.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. Pla ...
in Australia)
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Poa flabellata
''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), an ...
'' – tussac grass (
synonyms
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are a ...
Heteropogon contortus
''Heteropogon contortus'' is a tropical, perennial tussock grass with a native distribution encompassing Southern Africa, southern Asia, Northern Australia, Oceania, and southwestern North America. The species has also become a naturalised weed ...
Ampelodesmos mauritanicus
''Ampelodesmos'' is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, which is known by the common names stramma, Mauritania grass, rope grass, and dis(s) grass. It is classified in its own tribe Ampelodesmeae within the grass subfamily Pooid ...
'' – rope grass
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Brachypodium sylvaticum
''Brachypodium sylvaticum'', commonly known as false-brome, slender false brome or wood false brome, is a perennial grass native to Europe, Asia and Africa. Its native range includes most of Europe, northwestern Africa, Sudan and Eritrea, Wester ...
'' – false-brome
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Molinia caerulea
''Molinia caerulea'', known by the common name purple moor-grass, is a species of grass that is native to Europe, west Asia, and north Africa. It grows in locations from the lowlands up to in the Alps. Like most grasses, it grows best in acid s ...
'' – purple moor grass (to west Asia and north Africa)
See also
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List of Poaceae genera
Poaceae, also known as the true grasses, is the fourth largest plant family in the world with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera. They contain, among others, the cereal crop species and other plants of economic importance, such as the b ...
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Tussock grassland
Tussock may refer to:
* Tussock grass, a group of species in the family Poaceae
*Floating island
* Lymantriinae, called tussock moths or tussocks
See also
* Hassock (disambiguation)
* Hummock (disambiguation)
* Hillock
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Non-Poaceae tussocks
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Carex appropinquata
''Carex appropinquata'', known as fibrous tussock-sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedge
The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as ...
'' – fibrous tussock-sedge
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Carex stricta
''Carex stricta'' is a species of sedge known by the common names upright sedge and tussock sedge. The plant grows in moist marshes, forests and alongside bodies of water.
'' – tussock sedge
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Gahnia aspera
''Gahnia aspera'' known as the rough saw-sedge or round sawsedge is a tussock forming perennial plant, often seen in moist situations. The long strap like leaves grow to 80 cm long.
Originally described by botanist Robert Brown as ''Lampo ...