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Static grass is used in scale models and miniatures to create realistic-looking grass textures. It consists of small coloured fibres charged with static electricity , making them stand on end when sprinkled onto a surface coated with glue that then hardens, holding the fibres in place.
It can grow up to 80 cm high, often growing in tufts. The leaves are hairless. Leaf sheath is smooth, green to purplish in colour. The leaf blade is pointed, 3 to 16 cm long and 2-8 millimeters wide, green, rough in texture. [2] The spikelets are cylindrical, yellow-green, pale green or purple in colour, and may be 1-12 centimeters long. [3]
The grass is medium to light green in color and has a coarse texture with short upright seedhead stems that grow to about 3-5 inches. Native to Southern China, it was introduced to the United States in 1916 [1] and has since become one of the common grasses in the Southeastern United States and Hawaii. It can also be considered a weed. [2]
They are popular because of their fine texture, soft feel, and low growth habit. They can form dense mats and even mounds that grow over low features. In contrast to St. Augustine grass, they generally require less fertilization and are less vulnerable to insect and fungus damage, depending on environmental conditions. Zoysia is a native of ...
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 ...
Zoysia japonica (commonly known as Korean lawngrass, [1] zoysia grass or Japanese lawngrass) is a species of creeping, mat-forming, short perennial grass that grows by both rhizomes and stolons. [2] [3] It is native to the coastal grasslands of southeast Asia and Indonesia. [4] The United States was first introduced to Z. japonica in 1895.
Nassella tenuissima is a species of grass known by the common names Mexican feathergrass, [2] finestem needlegrass, [3] fineleaved nassella, [4] and Argentine needle-grass. [5] It is native to the south-western United States, northern Mexico [4] and Argentina. [5] It is well-matched to climate in Australia and can be harmful to the Australian ...
Grass cloth (China grass cloth, ) is an umbrella term for many handloom cloths made with yarns from several vegetable fibers such as hemp, ramie, nettle fiber, flax, etc. Grass cloth has its origin in East Asia. [1] [2] The cloth is more associated with the cottage industry in China. [1] [3] [4] It is also known as "Canton linen" and "Japanese ...