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Variegated form, garden of Islington College, Nepal. Phalaris arundinacea, or reed canary grass, [1] is a tall, perennial bunchgrass that commonly forms extensive single-species stands along the margins of lakes and streams and in wet open areas, with a wide distribution in Europe, Asia, northern Africa and North America. [2]
Switchgrass is a hardy, deep-rooted, perennial rhizomatous grass that begins growth in late spring. It can grow up to 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) high, but is typically shorter than big bluestem grass or indiangrass. The leaves are 30–90 cm (12–35 in) long, with a prominent midrib.
In north-eastern Queensland research has shown that cover of native grasses including Chrysopogon fallax declines as the introduced grass Bothriochloa pertusa increases in abundance. This likely due to a mixture of direct competition, selective grazing of more palatable natives (such as Chrysopogon fallax ) and a reduction in the number of seed ...
The culms, or stems of the grass are to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in height and branching at the nodes. The nodes are purplish and hairless. [2] The leaves of the plant are basal and on the stems. [2] The leaf is hairless and when crushed gives off a lemon-ginger scent [3] like other grasses in the genus Cymbopogon.
Setaria megaphylla, the broad-leaved bristle grass, big-leaf bristle grass, [2] ribbon bristle grass, [2] or bigleaf bristlegrass, [3] is native to south-eastern Africa. [4] It is also cultivated, and it has naturalized outside its native range, for example, in Florida in the United States.
State grass Scientific name Image Year adopted California: Purple needlegrass: Nassella pulchra: 2004 [1] Colorado: Blue grama: Bouteloua gracilis: 1987 [2] Illinois: Big bluestem (state prairie grass) Andropogon gerardii: 1989 [3] Kansas: Little bluestem: Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius) 2010 [4] Minnesota: Wild rice (state grain ...
Pascopyrum is a monotypic genus of grass containing the sole species Pascopyrum smithii, which is known by the common names western wheatgrass and red-joint wheatgrass, after the red coloration of the nodes. It is native to North America.
caption=Setaria distantiflora (A.Rich.) Pilg., herbarium sheet. Setaria is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. [5] [6] The name is derived from the Latin word seta, meaning "bristle" or "hair", which refers to the bristly spikelets.