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  2. Cenchrus purpureus - Wikipedia

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    The grass can reach a height of 7-8 meters after 4 months of growth. [6] It produces best growth between 25 and 40 °C, and little growth below about 15 °C, with growth ceasing at 10 °C. Tops are killed by frost, but plants re-grow with the onset of warm, moist conditions. Napier grass grows from sea level to over 2,000 m elevation. [7]

  3. Thinopyrum intermedium - Wikipedia

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    Thinopyrum intermedium, known commonly as intermediate wheatgrass, [1] is a sod-forming perennial grass in the Triticeae tribe of Pooideae native to Europe and Western Asia. [2] It is part of a group of plants commonly called wheatgrasses because of the similarity of their seed heads or ears to common wheat.

  4. St. Augustine grass - Wikipedia

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    St. Augustine is a dark green grass with broad, flat blades. It spreads by aboveground stolons, commonly known as "runners", and forms a dense layer. The grass occurs on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, [1] including much of the southeastern United States, Texas, [2] [3] Mexico, and Central and South America. [1]

  5. Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands - Wikipedia

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    Nonetheless, as many as 300 different plant species may grow on less than three acres of North American tallgrass prairie, which also may support more than 3 million individual insects per acre. The Patagonian Steppe and Grasslands are notable for distinctiveness at the generic and familial levels in various taxa. [1]

  6. Timothy (grass) - Wikipedia

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    It is also known as timothy-grass, meadow cat's-tail or common cat's tail. [3] It is a member of the genus Phleum , consisting of about 15 species of annual and perennial grasses. It is probably named after Timothy Hanson, an American farmer and agriculturalist said to have introduced it from New England to the southern states in the early 18th ...

  7. Xanthorrhoea - Wikipedia

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    Xanthorrhoea (/ z æ n θ oʊ ˈ r iː ə / [2]) is a genus of about 30 species of succulent flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae.They are endemic to Australia. Common names for the plants include grasstree, grass gum-tree (for resin-yielding species), kangaroo tail, balga (Western Australia), yakka (South Australia), yamina (), and black boy (or "blackboy").

  8. Soliva sessilis - Wikipedia

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    Soliva sessilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. [2] It is one of up to nine species of the genus Soliva and is a low-growing herbaceous annual plant . Its common names include field burrweed , [ 3 ] Onehunga-weed , [ 4 ] lawn burrweed , lawnweed , jo-jo weed [ 5 ] and common soliva .

  9. Invasive grasses in North America - Wikipedia

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    North America is considered a hotspot for many invasive species of grasses, which threatens all of the endangered native grass species and potentially threatens other grass species. Conservation tactics and management policies can help prevent invasive species from taking over and driving native North American plants to extinction.