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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 ...
A cat and cat grass. Cat grass is any grass that is grown specifically for cats, usually indoors. It may be grown in a dish from which the cat chews the grass directly or just added to cat food. The most common stated benefit is to aid the passing of hairballs. [1] Although cats may favor eating the grass, it has no pharmaceutical effect. [1]
Lomandra longifolia, commonly known as spiny-head mat-rush, [2] spiky-headed mat-rush [3] or basket grass, is a perennial, rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern Australia. The leaves are 40 cm to 80 cm long, and generally have a leaf of about 8 mm to 12 mm wide. [4] It grows in a variety of soil types and is frost, heat and drought tolerant ...
This coarse grass can grow to 1.80 m (6 ft) tall. [4] The leaves are 4–10 mm (0–0 in) wide, bright green, broad, slightly hairy, and rough. The ligule is 1–3 mm (0–0 in) long and smooth edged. [4] The panicle is up to 30 cm (12 in), and the bunched spikelets have projecting and angled awns up to 17 mm (1 in) long, green or purplish.
[1] [2] [7] [8] Tiger grass, Nepalese broom grass, broom grass, broom stick are common names for this plant, in Nepali amliso and jharu in Assamese . [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The flowers of this plant are used as cleaning tool or broom , which is known as kuchcho in Nepali and jhadu (phool jhadu) in Hindi .
Typha latifolia grows 1.5 to 3 metres (5 to 10 feet) high [6] [11] and it has leaves2–4 centimetres (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) broad. It will generally grow from 0.75 to 1 m (2 to 3 ft) of water depth. [citation needed] The leaves are deciduous, appearing in spring and dying down in the autumn. [5]
Schizachyrium scoparium, commonly known as little bluestem or beard grass, is a species of North American prairie grass native to most of the contiguous United States (except California, Nevada, and Oregon) as well as a small area north of the Canada–US border and northern Mexico.
Switchgrass is a hardy, deep-rooted, perennial rhizomatous grass that begins growth in late spring. It can grow up to 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) high, but is typically shorter than big bluestem grass or indiangrass. The leaves are 30–90 cm (12–35 in) long, with a prominent midrib.