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Poaceae — Grass Family

743 species · Plants

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Torreyochloa pallida (Torr.) Church

Torreyochloa pallida is a rhizomatous perennial grass native to wet habitats in North America with three recognized varieties.

Tragus racemosus (L.) All.

Tragus racemosus is an annual C4 grass native to Eurasia and Africa, introduced to the Americas with specific ecological traits and uses.

Tribolium uniolae (L.f.) Renvoize

Tribolium uniolae is a South African native grass that is an introduced weed in parts of Australia.

Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc.

Tridens flavus, purpletop grease grass, is a widespread native perennial bunchgrass of eastern North America.

Tridens strictus (Nutt.) Nash

Longspike tridens (Tridens strictus) is a perennial facultative wetland grass native to parts of the United States.

Tridentopsis mutica (Torr.) P.M.Peterson

Tridentopsis mutica is a perennial purple-floreted C4 grass native to northern Mexico and central-southwestern US, growing in dry open habitats.

Tripidium ravennae (L.) H.Scholz

Tripidium ravennae, commonly ravennagrass, is a grass sold ornamentally that is sometimes invasive in introduced North America.

Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.

Triplasis purpurea is an endemic North American grass that grows on sandy coasts and inland disturbed areas, flowering August to October.

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

Tripsacum dactyloides (eastern gamagrass) is a warm-season North American grass grown as forage and wildlife habitat.

Trisetum flavescens (L.) P.Beauv.

Trisetum flavescens is a perennial bunchgrass that is toxic to grazing livestock, causing the calcium deposition condition calcinosis.

Triticum aestivum L.

Common wheat, also called bread wheat, is the dominant cultivated wheat species, the most widely planted crop by area as of 2009.

Uniola paniculata L.

Uniola paniculata (sea oats) is a C4 dune grass used for sand stabilization along the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic coasts.

Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen

Urochloa mutica, para grass, is a perennial grass cultivated as livestock forage that often becomes an invasive weed in warm regions.

Zea mays L.

Zea mays L. (maize) is a tall annual monoecious grass with detailed reproductive, morphological, and growth traits described here.

Zizania aquatica L.

Wild rice (genus Zizania) is an aquatic grass with edible grain, culturally significant to many North American indigenous peoples.

Zizania palustris L.

Zizania palustris, or Northern wild rice, is a culturally and economically important edible wild grain native to North America.

Zizaniopsis miliacea (Michx.) Döll & Asch.

Zizaniopsis miliacea is a perennial aquatic grass native to the southeastern US and central Mexico, used sometimes for wetland erosion control.

Xanthoceras sorbifolium (A.Braun) Holub

Xanthoceras sorbifolium is a deciduous woody plant with multiple reported edible and medicinal uses.

Bambusa oldhamii Munro

Bambusa oldhamii Munro is a large edible clumping bamboo native to Taiwan and southern China, widely cultivated globally.

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Bambusa spinosa Roxb.

Bambusa spinosa Roxb. (Bambusa blumeana) is a widespread bamboo species used for food, materials, erosion control and ornament.

Chusquea culeou É.Desv.

Chusquea culeou is a solid-stemmed South American bamboo grown ornamentally, with historical and current uses by local Indigenous peoples.

Chusquea quila Kunth

Chusquea quila is a solid-culmed perennial bamboo native to the temperate forests of Chile and Argentina, with edible parts used by local indigenous groups.

Guadua angustifolia Kunth

Guadua angustifolia Kunth is a clumping bamboo species from Central to South America with a 30–35 year flowering cycle.

Otatea acuminata (Munro) C.E.Calderón ex Soderstr.

Otatea acuminata, or Mexican weeping bamboo, is a clumping ornamental bamboo native to Mexico and Central America.

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