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Grasses
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Grass characteristics:
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unshowy flowers
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narrow, long leaf blades
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parallel leaf veins
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round, hollow stems
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fibrous roots
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Annual Threeawn
Aristida oligantha
Bermudagrass
Cynodon dactylon
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerrardii
Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
Broad-Leaved Uniola
(Fish-On-A-Fishing Pole)
Chasmanthium latifolium
Broomsedge
Andropogon virginicus
Buffalograss
Buchloe dactyloides
Canada Wildrye
Elymus canadensis
Cheatgrass
(Downy Brome)
Bromus tectorum
Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
Florida Paspalum
Paspalum floridanum
Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Japanese Brome
Bromus japonicus
Johnsongrass
Sorghum halepense
Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Old World Bluestem (Yellow, Plains, King Ranch Bluestem)
Bothriochloa ischaemum
Perennial Threeawn
Aristida spp.
Purpletop
Tridens flavus
Rescuegrass
Bromus catharticus
Scribner's Panicum
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa laguroides
Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Western Wheatgrass
Elmyus smithii
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