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An At-A-Glance Guide to Grasses |
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Grasses are an often over-looked aspect of nature, but a closer peak reveals some fascinating diversity, beautiful colours and fragile designs. Clicking on the images will open up a pop-up window with a larger photograph, so please make sure you have your pop-up stopper turned off. |
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Aveneae - Oat Tribe |
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Silver Hairgrass,
Aira Caryophyllea |
Tall Oat Grass, Arrhenatherum elatius |
Velvet Grass,
Holcus lanatus |
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Festuceae - Fescue Tribe |
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Semaphore Grass, Pleuropogon refractus |
Bulbous Bluegrass,
Poa bulbosa |
Annual Bluegrass,
Poa annua |
Kentucky Bluegrass,
Poa pratensis |
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Orchard Grass,
Dactylis glomerata |
Bald Brome,
Bromus racemosus |
Soft Brome,
Bromus hordeaceus
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California Brome,
Bromus carinatus |
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Bristly Dogtail Grass, Cynosurus echinatus |
Crinkle-awn Fescue, Festuca subuliflora |
Rocky Mountain Fescue, Festuca ovina |
Alaska Onion Grass, Melica subulata |
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Agrostideae - Bentgrass Tribe |
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Drooping Woodreed,
Cinna latifolia |
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Panicoideae - Panic Tribe |
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Western Panicgrass, Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum |
Switch Grass,
Panicum occidentate |
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Phalarideae - Canary Grass Tribe |
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Buffalo Grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum |
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Hordeae - Barley Tribe |
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False Barley,
Hordeum murinum |
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Many thanks to Gerry Ansell and William Savale of Victoria, BC
for their generous help with identifying these grasses. |
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For the Inn's complete index of At-A-Glance Guides like this one click here. |
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