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Poaceae — Grass Family

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Sporobolus flexuosus (Vasey) Rydb.

Sporobolus flexuosus, commonly called mesa dropseed, is a short-lived bunchgrass native to western North America.

Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.

Sporobolus contractus Hitchc. is a perennial bunchgrass with hairless leaves and narrow, spikelike inflorescences of small pale spikelets.

Sporobolus pyramidalis P.Beauv.

Sporobolus pyramidalis is a native African/Yemeni grass, one of two giant rat's tail grasses, and a weed in eastern Australia.

Sporobolus fertilis (Steud.) Clayton

Sporobolus fertilis is a grass species native to Asia that is invasive in Australia, first formally described in 1854.

Sporobolus pungens (Schreb.) Kunth

Sporobolus pungens is a small self-supporting perennial grass in the Poaceae family with simple broad leaves.

Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr.

Zoysia matrella, or Manila grass, is a mat-forming turf grass cultivated for lawns, golf courses, and coastal erosion control.

Zoysia macrantha Desv.

Prickly couch (Zoysia macrantha) is a creeping perennial coastal grass native to Australia, with two recognized subspecies.

Neyraudia reynaudiana (Kunth) Keng ex Hitchc.

Neyraudia reynaudiana (Burma reed) is a tall Asiatic grass introduced to the US, where it is now established in southern Florida.

Enneapogon desvauxii P.Beauv.

Enneapogon desvauxii P.Beauv. is an annual grass with erect stems, hairy thready leaves, fluffy gray spikes, and grain with nine awns.

Schmidtia pappophoroides Steud. ex J.A.Schmidt

Schmidtia pappophoroides is a perennial African grass used for roof thatch and as valuable fodder in Namibia.

Eragrostis trichodes (Nutt.) Alph.Wood

Eragrostis trichodes (Sand lovegrass) is a grass native to the central and southern Great Plains that often has a seedhead half the plant’s total size.

Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. ex Steud.

Eragrostis atrovirens is a grass species found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.

Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R.Br.

Eragrostis ciliaris, or gophertail lovegrass, is an Old World Tropics native grass whose small seeds are typically used as famine food.

Eragrostis echinochloidea Stapf

Eragrostis echinochloidea is a perennial edible drought-tolerant grass native to southern Africa.

Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees

Eragrostis hirsuta (bigtop lovegrass) is a grass species native to the US and Central America that grows in open disturbed habitats.

Eragrostis intermedia Hitchc.

Eragrostis intermedia, or plains lovegrass, is a North and Central American native grass that provides good livestock forage.

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Eragrostis refracta (Muhl.) Scribn.

Eragrostis refracta (coastal lovegrass) is a fire-following perennial grass native to the southeastern US coastal plain.

Eragrostis variabilis (Gaudich.) Steud.

Eragrostis variabilis is a variable perennial grass endemic to Hawaii, used by birds and people.

Eragrostis elliottii (Elliott) S.Watson

Elliott's lovegrass (Eragrostis elliottii) is a perennial poaceous grass distributed across parts of North America and Central America.

Eragrostis brownii (Kunth) Nees

Eragrostis brownii, or Browns lovegrass, is a widespread 60 cm tall grass found in Australia and New Zealand.

Oryza sativa L.

Oryza sativa L. is an erect grass species with specific defined dimensions for its stalk, leaves, and ligule.

Zizania texana Hitchc.

Zizania texana, or Texas wild rice, is a rare federally endangered grass endemic to the upper San Marcos River, Texas.

Zizania latifolia (Griseb.) Hance ex F.Muell.

Zizania latifolia, an Asian wild rice, is cultivated for its edible galled stems produced after smut fungus infection.

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