Guide to Grasses (Poaceae) — Identification & Photos

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1 / 9 🌱 Plantae three-spiked goose grass Eleusine tristachya (Lam.) Lam.

2 / 9 🌱 Plantae Blue Fescue Festuca glauca Vill. Festuca glauca, commonly blue fescue, is a perennial clump-forming ornamental blue-leaved grass native to Western Europe.

3 / 9 🌱 Plantae Slender Mannagrass Glyceria melicaria (Michx.) F.T.Hubb. Glyceria melicaria is a grass native to eastern North America that grows in wet habitats, with a known sterile triploid hybrid.

4 / 9 🌱 Plantae sanddune bluegrass Poa douglasii Nees Poa douglasii, or Douglas' sand dune bluegrass, is a California coastal endemic perennial grass threatened by invasive species.

5 / 9 🌱 Plantae medusa head Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski Taeniatherum caput-medusae, medusahead, is an adaptable invasive winter annual grass that outcompetes native plants and increases wildfire r…

6 / 9 🌱 Plantae Red Firegrass Geochloa rufa (Nees) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder

7 / 9 🌱 Plantae splitbeard bluestem Andropogon ternarius Michx. Andropogon ternarius Michx., split bluestem, is a perennial North American grass with edible foliage and wildlife habitat value.

8 / 9 🌱 Plantae tall chloris Chloris ventricosa R.Br.

9 / 9 🌱 Plantae woody melicgrass Melica frutescens Scribn. Melica frutescens Scribn. is a perennial woody grass species with defined structural traits for its culms, leaves, panicles, spikelets, flow…

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