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Gahnia grandis is a very hardy, perennial grass species with woody rhizomes, which forms large tussocks. Most of the year it is found in moist soil, often subject to periodic inundation. Once it is established, cutting grass is drought and wind tolerant. [11] The flowering season is from spring through summer.
Cortaderia is derived from the Argentine Spanish name 'cortadera', meaning 'cutter', in reference to its razor sharp leaf margins. [3]Selloana is named for Friedrich Sellow (1789–1831), a German botanist [3] and naturalist [citation needed] from Potsdam who worked as a plant collector in Brazil. [3]
This pampas grass, Cortaderia jubata, has long, thin, razor-edged leaves forming a large bunch grass tussock from which the eye-catching inflorescences arise. At the top of a stem several meters in height is an inflorescence of plumelike spikelets. These panicles are pink or purplish when new and they gradually turn cream or white. Each ...
Butterfly Conservation scientists urge gardeners to let some of their garden go wild to help declining species. Allowing a patch of grass in gardens to grow long helps butterflies, study finds ...
It is a host to larvae of several species of butterflies, including the arogos skipper, byssus skipper, cobweb skipper, common wood nymph, Delaware skipper, and dusted skipper. [11] The larvae of the leaf beetle Diabrotica cristata feed on the roots and the adults visit the flowers of other species of prairie flowers. [7]
The grass demon prefers forest edges or clearings where dappled light is present. Its black and white colouration may have evolved to take advantage of the dappled light in these areas. The pied pattern which seems prominent in the open is effectively disruptive in the shade and the butterfly is difficult to locate once it settles down.
This list is compiled from The Plant List, [3] Germplasm Resources Information Network, [4] Integrated Taxonomic Information System [5] and Flora of China. [6]Scleria levis Muehlenberg's nutrush – Scleria muehlenbergii Scleria parvula fewflower nutrush – Scleria pauciflora netted nutrush – Scleria reticularis whip nutrush – Scleria triglomerata low nutrush – Scleria verticillata ...
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