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Bouteloua dactyloides, commonly known as buffalograss or buffalo grass, is a North American prairie grass native to Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It is a short grass found mainly on the High Plains and is co-dominant with blue grama (B. gracilis) over most of the shortgrass prairie.
Paspalum is a genus of plants in the grass family. [3] [4] The group is widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Commonly known as paspalum, bahiagrasses, crowngrasses or dallis grasses, many of the species are tall perennial New World grasses.
It is a common and incredibly popular lawn grass in North America with the species being spread over all of the cool, humid parts of the United States. In its native range, Poa pratensis forms a valuable pasture plant, characteristic of well-drained, fertile soil.
It is a common weed of cultivation, known in the Americas as annual bluegrass. [7] It occurs as a common constituent of lawns , where it is also often treated as a weed, and grows on waste ground. Many golf putting greens , including the Oakmont Country Club greens, are annual bluegrass, [ 8 ] although many courses have converted to creeping ...
Struggling with pesky weeds in your yard? Discover 20 common types of lawn weeds and the best methods to get rid of them for good.
It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and pasture. The latter are commonly referred to collectively as grass. With around 780 genera and around 12,000 species, [4] the Poaceae is the fifth-largest plant family, following the Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae. [5]
The tropical grass species Cenchrus clandestinus (previously Pennisetum clandestinum) is known by several common names, most often Kikuyu grass. It is native to the highland regions of East Africa that is home to the Kikuyu people. Because of its rapid growth and aggressive nature, it is categorised as a noxious weed in some regions.
Viola sororia (/ v aɪ ˈ oʊ l ə s ə ˈ r ɔːr i ə / vy-OH-lə sə-ROR-ee-ə), [5] known commonly as the common blue violet, is a short-stemmed herbaceous perennial plant native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names, including common meadow violet, purple violet, woolly blue violet, hooded violet, and wood ...