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Poaceae — Grass Family

743 species · Plants

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Festuca heterophylla Lam.

Various-leaved fescue (Festuca heterophylla Lam.) is a perennial Poaceae species native to southern Europe that also grows in Asia and parts of the US.

Festuca paradoxa Desv.

Festuca paradoxa Desv. (cluster fescue) is a bunch grass found across 23 U.S. states that is rarely abundant in natural stands.

Festuca idahoensis subsp. roemeri (Pavlick) S.G.Aiken

Festuca idahoensis subsp. roemeri is a perennial bunch grass used for forage and ornamental landscaping.

Festuca versuta Beal

Festuca versuta (Texas fescue) is a perennial Poaceae grass native to East Central USA, first published in 1896.

Festuca petraea Guthnick ex Seub.

Festuca petraea is an Azores-endemic grass species found on coastal cliffs and rocks across all nine Azores islands.

Festuca vivipara (L.) Sm.

Festuca vivipara is a small perennial tufted grass found in northern North America, Europe, and Russia in cool habitats.

Festuca novae-zelandiae (Hack.) Cockayne

Festuca novae-zelandiae is a perennial caespitose Poaceae grass native to New Zealand, first described in 1903.

Festuca glauca Vill.

Festuca glauca, commonly blue fescue, is a perennial clump-forming ornamental blue-leaved grass native to Western Europe.

Festuca rupicola Heuff.

Festuca rupicola, the furrowed fescue, is a cool-season tussock grass native to warm-temperate Old World regions.

Festuca beckeri (Hack.) Trautv.

Festuca beckeri (Hack.) Trautv. is a perennial caespitose grass defined by detailed morphological traits.

Festuca ovina L.

Festuca ovina L., or sheep's fescue, is a drought-tolerant perennial grass adapted to poor soils.

Festuca incurva (Gouan) Gutermann

Festuca incurva is a flowering plant in Poaceae, native from the Mediterranean to Central Asia and Pakistan, introduced to Germany and Australia.

Parapholis incurva (L.) C.E.Hubb.

Parapholis incurva is a small annual bunchgrass native to the Old World and widely naturalised elsewhere.

Parapholis strigosa (Dumort.) C.E.Hubb.

Parapholis strigosa is a grass species native to Europe and Libya, introduced to parts of the Americas and Oceania.

Catapodium marinum (L.) C.E.Hubb.

Catapodium marinum (sea fern grass) is an annual Poaceae herb that grows up to 22 cm tall with simple, broad leaves.

Phalaris californica Hook. & Arn.

Phalaris californica Hook. & Arn. is a perennial grass native to moist coastal areas of the western United States.

Phalaris minor Retz.

Phalaris minor Retz. is an annual bunchgrass used for livestock fodder and birdseed, poisonous to some mammals.

Phalaris paradoxa L.

Phalaris paradoxa is a distinctive hooked-glume grass species native to Africa, Asia, and Europe, introduced widely including parts of the US.

Phalaris angusta Nees ex Trin.

Phalaris angusta is a toxic annual grass that can grow up to 2.5 meters tall and is dangerous to livestock.

Poa douglasii Nees

Poa douglasii, or Douglas' sand dune bluegrass, is a California coastal endemic perennial grass threatened by invasive species.

Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey

Poa fendleriana is a dioecious perennial grass common across many habitats in western North America.

Poa glauca Vahl

Poa glauca Vahl is a perennial bunchgrass with a circumboreal distribution, also found in Patagonia, that grows in northern and alpine areas.

Poa macrantha Vasey

Poa macrantha Vasey is a dioecious perennial grass that anchors itself to shifting sandy substrate via long rhizomes and stolons.

Poa alsodes A.Gray

Poa alsodes A.Gray is a North American grass that grows in shaded wet-soil habitats, and can be mistaken for two similar Poa species.

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