Poaceae — Grass Family
Anthoxanthum occidentale (Buckley) Veldkamp
Anthoxanthum occidentale (Buckley) Veldkamp
Anthoxanthum occidentale (California sweetgrass) is a rhizomatous perennial grass native to the U.S. west coast. It is a close relative of widely known sweet grass.
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
Anthoxanthum odoratum, sweet vernal grass, is a tufted perennial grass native to Eurasia, known for its hay-and-vanilla scent when dried.
Aristida adscensionis L.
Aristida adscensionis L.
Aristida adscensionis L. is a variable annual tufted bunchgrass that grows 5–80 cm tall and produces three-awned fruits.
Aristida oligantha Michx.
Aristida oligantha Michx.
Aristida oligantha, the prairie threeawn, is an annual North American grass that grows in dry disturbed areas and has three-awned grains.
Aristida purpurea Nutt.
Aristida purpurea Nutt.
Aristida purpurea Nutt. is a widespread North American perennial bunchgrass that is poor livestock forage.
Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P.Beauv. ex J.Presl & C.Presl
Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P.Beauv. ex J.Presl & C.Presl
Arrhenatherum elatius is a coarse tall grass with four accepted subspecies, found in multiple European habitat types.
Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino
Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino
Arthraxon hispidus is a hairy-leaved grass used in traditional Asian medicine and yellow dye production.
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.
Arundinaria gigantea (giant river cane) is a native North American fire-dependent bamboo with great ecological and cultural value, now greatly reduced in range.
Arundinaria tecta (Walter) Muhl.
Arundinaria tecta (Walter) Muhl.
Arundinaria tecta is a low bamboo native to the southeastern US that forms the critically endangered canebrake ecosystem.
Arundo donax L.
Arundo donax L.
Arundo donax L. (giant reed) is a large perennial grass with description, ecology, cultivation and uses detailed here.
Austroderia fulvida (Buchanan) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder
Austroderia fulvida (Buchanan) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder
Austroderia fulvida is a New Zealand native toetoe grass in Poaceae, that holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental under its synonym Cortaderia fulvida.
Austroderia richardii (Endl.) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder
Austroderia richardii (Endl.) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder
Austroderia richardii, also called cutty grass or toetoe, is a large endemic New Zealand ornamental grass grown for its distinctive soft plumes.
Austrostipa mollis (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett
Austrostipa mollis (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett
Austrostipa mollis is a robust perennial tufted grass native to a range of Australian habitats with sandy, low fertility soils.
Austrostipa stipoides (Hook.f.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett
Austrostipa stipoides (Hook.f.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett
Austrostipa stipoides is a coastal tussock grass native to south-eastern Australia and New Zealand that tolerates wind and sea spray.
Avena barbata Pott ex Link
Avena barbata Pott ex Link
Avena barbata, or slender wild oat, is an edible-seeded wild oat native to central Asia and the Mediterranean Basin, introduced as a weed worldwide.
Avena fatua L.
Avena fatua L.
Avena fatua (common wild oat) is a Eurasian grass, often a troublesome noxious weed in temperate agricultural fields.
Avena sativa L.
Avena sativa L.
Avena sativa L., common oat, is an annual cereal grass cultivated widely for food and other uses.
Avena sterilis L.
Avena sterilis L.
Avena sterilis L. is an annual weedy grass with edible seeds, native to Eurasia and naturalized almost worldwide.
Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer
Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer
Avenella flexuosa, or wavy hair-grass, is an acidic-soil preferring grass found in dry grasslands, moors, and temperate woodlands.
Avenula pubescens (Huds.) Dumort.
Avenula pubescens (Huds.) Dumort.
Avenula is a small Eurasian grass genus containing only the species Avenula pubescens, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America.
Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P.Beauv.
Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P.Beauv.
Axonopus compressus is a grass species used for pasture, groundcover, turf, and occasionally low-maintenance non-elite football fields.
Axonopus fissifolius (Raddi) Kuhlm.
Axonopus fissifolius (Raddi) Kuhlm.
Axonopus fissifolius is a grass with distinct leaf traits, native to the Americas and introduced across several other world regions.
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl.
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl.
Bambusa vulgaris is a widely cultivated tropical thornless bamboo with many uses and toxic compounds in its shoots.
Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fernald
Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fernald
Beckmannia syzigachne is a widespread bunchgrass in Poaceae found across Europe, Asia, and North America, one of two species in genus Beckmannia.
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