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“For cool-season grasses, cut about two-thirds of the way down—warm-season grasses should be cut to ground level,” says Zaber. “As you cut, hold the bundle steady with the tape, tilting it ...
Andropogon virginicus is a species of grass known by several common names, including broomsedge bluestem, yellowsedge bluestem and (in Australia, because it was introduced to that country after being used as packaging for bottles of American whiskey) whiskey grass.
Poaceae (/ p oʊ ˈ eɪ s i. iː,-s i aɪ / poh-AY-see-e(y)e), also called Gramineae (/ ɡ r ə ˈ m ɪ n i. iː,-n i aɪ / grə-MIN-ee-e(y)e), 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 cultivated ...
Cane is any of various tall, perennial grasses with flexible, woody stalks from the genera Arundinaria, [1] and Arundo. Scientifically speaking, they are either of two genera from the family Poaceae. [citation needed] The genus Arundo is native from the Mediterranean Basin to the Far East. The genus Arundinaria is a bamboo (Bambuseae) found in ...
Andropogon ternarius – split bluestem; Andropogon ternatus; Andropogon thorelii; Andropogon tracyi; Andropogon virgatus; Andropogon virginicus – broomsedge bluestem, whiskeygrass; Andropogon yunnanensis
In grasses, awns typically extend from the lemmas of the florets. This often makes the hairy appearance of the grass synflorescence. Awns may be long (several centimeters) or short, straight or curved, single or multiple per floret. Some biological genera are named after their awns, such as the three-awns (Aristida).
Deschampsia cespitosa, commonly known as tufted hairgrass or tussock grass, [1] is a perennial tufted plant in the grass family Poaceae. [2] The distribution of this species is widespread, with it being native to North America, Central Africa, eastern Australia and Eurasia and being introduced to South Africa, South Australia and South America.
While grasses release small amounts of hydrocarbons passively and in response to strong sunlight, these emissions may increase by a factor of 180 when leaves are cut or damaged. [5] Highly reactive hydrocarbons released by cut grass combine with gases such as nitrogen oxides and exacerbate photochemical smog and urban air pollution by ...