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Triniochloa is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family. Species Triniochloa andina Luces - Cundinamarca in Colombia, Mérida in Venezuela Triniochloa gracilis Gómez-Sánchez & Gonz.-Led. - Guerrero, Oaxaca Triniochloa laxa Hitchc. - Chihuahua Triniochloa micrantha (Scribn.) Hitchc. - Morelos Triniochloa stipoides (Kunth) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia Triniochloa talpensis Gonz.-Led. & Gómez-Sánchez - Jalisco

Ekmanochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family endemic to Cuba.

Lasiacis (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina.

Chiococca alba is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) native to Florida and the extreme southern tip of Texas in the United States, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Galápagos, and tropical South America. Common names include David's milkberry, West Indian milkberry, cahinca and West Indian snowberry. The specific epithet, alba, means "white" in Latin and refers to the color of its fruits.

Scutachne is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae. The only known species is Scutachne dura, it is native to Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola (Haiti + Dominican Republic).

Psammochloa is a plant genus in the grass family. The only known species is Psammochloa villosa.

Orinus is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. The genome of O. kokonorica has been sequenced. Species Orinus alticulmus L.B.Cai & Tong L.Zhang - Qinghai Orinus anomala Keng f. - Qinghai, Sichuan Orinus kokonorica (K.S.Hao) Keng - Gansu, Qinghai Orinus longiglumis X.Su & L.B.Cai - Tibet Orinus thoroldii (Stapf ex Hemsl.) Bor - Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet, Kashmir, Nepal, Uttarakhand, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uttar Pradesh Orinus tibeticus N.X.Zhao - Tibet

Glyceria striata is a species of Glyceria which is known by the common names fowl mannagrass and ridged glyceria. It is native to much of North America, from Alaska and northern Canada to northern Mexico. It is a common bunchgrass species found in wet areas, often in forests. Glyceria striata bears erect stems exceeding a meter in maximum height and firm, narrow leaves. The spreading branches of the inflorescence hold oval-shaped to nearly round spikelets each with generally fewer than six florets.

Eragrostis intermedia is a species of grass known by the common name plains lovegrass. It is native to North and Central America, where it is distributed from the southeastern and southwestern United States south to Costa Rica. Its range may extend to South America. This grass grows in tufts up to 90 centimeters tall, sometimes exceeding one meter. The leaves are up to 25 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a panicle with a pyramidal or ovate shape. The spikelets have up to 11 flowers each. The plant reproduces by seed or by sprouting from buds at the stem bases. This plant grows in desert

Bromus grandis is a species of brome grass known by the common name tall brome. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in many types of habitat from forest to coastal scrub.

Sorghum propinquum is a species of wild Sorghum native to most of tropical Asia, from India to Southeast Asia, southern China, Malesia and Papuasia. A perennial, rhizomatous diploid with the same number of chromosomes (2n=20) as the annual, non-rhizomatous diploid Sorghum bicolor, it is being studied for its potential for sorghum crop improvement. In an ancient hybridization event with S. bicolor, it gave rise to Johnson grass (S. halepense), one of the planet's worst weeds.

Puccinellia nuttalliana is a species of grass known by the common name Nuttall's alkaligrass. It is native to North America, where it is widespread from Alaska east throughout Canada to Greenland, and common in the western and central United States. It is present in the Arctic, throughout the temperate mountain ranges, the Great Plains, the Great Basin, and along the western coastline of North America down through California. Puccinellia nuttalliana is a halophytic grass, found in areas with saline soils. This is a perennial bunchgrass that is variable in form, remaining small and clumpy or

Panicum fauriei is a species of grass known by the common name Faurie's panicgrass. It is endemic to Hawaii. There are at least three varieties of this grass species. One, var. carteri, Carter's panicgrass (formerly named Panicum carteri) is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.

Echinochloa pyramidalis is a species of large grass, occurring naturally in flooded regions and beside lakes in tropical Africa and America, and introduced to various other countries. It is commonly known as antelope grass.

Agrostis blasdalei is a species of grass known by the common name Blasdale's bent grass. It is endemic to the coast of northern California, where it grows in habitat along the immediate coastline, such as dunes and bluffs.

Zizania texana is a rare species of grass known by the common name Texas wild rice. It is endemic to Texas, where it is found only on the upper San Marcos River in Hays County. It is threatened by the loss and degradation of its habitat. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

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Vaseyochloa is a monotypic genus in the grass family Poaceae. Its sole species, the flowering plant Vaseyochloa multinervosa, is endemic to Texas. It is commonly known as Texasgrass.

Sporobolus contractus is a species of grass known by the common name spike dropseed. It is native to western North America, including the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It grows in desert and plateau habitat, in woodlands, scrub, and dry, sandy, open areas.

Puccinellia parishii is an uncommon species of grass known by the common names bog alkaligrass and Parish's alkali grass. It is native to the western United States, where it is known from a few locations in Arizona and New Mexico, and one occurrence each in California and Colorado.

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Neyraudia reynaudiana, commonly known as Burma reed, silk reed, cane grass, or false reed, is a tall, perennial, large-plumed grass native to subtropical Asia, but invasive in southern Florida in the United States.

Muhlenbergia montana, the mountain muhly, is a species of grass. It is native to North and Central America, where it is found throughout the Western United States, the Sierra Nevada, Mexico, and Guatemala. It can be found in several types of habitat, including grassland, rocky outcrops, mountains, and open areas.

Muhlenbergia macroura is a species of grass. It is a perennial grass that is endemic to Mexico and Guatemala. A common name of the grass is Mexican broomroot. The plant is cultivated and harvested for its roots, which may be woven into brooms or brushes. It is a major part of the diet of the volcano rabbit.

Muhlenbergia andina, known by the common name foxtail muhly, is a species of grass.

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Chusquea delicatula is a South American bamboo found in the Andean mountains of Peru including the areas around Machu Picchu. It's a highly arching bamboo, so much so that its culms are thin and viney, and its tips often touch the ground. The branching from the nodes of its culms shoot out in all directions in a star-like formation. Mature height for the bamboo is around 3 meters length.

Calamagrostis hillebrandii is a species of grass in the family Poaceae known commonly as Hillebrand's reedgrass. It is endemic to Maui in Hawaii, where there are only two known subpopulations with a total of perhaps 500 individuals. This is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

Aristida chaseae is a rare species of grass known by the common name Chase's threeawn. It is endemic to Puerto Rico, where it is known from two locations in the Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge and the Sierra Bermeja. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. It cannot compete with introduced species of grasses, such as Brachiaria subquadripara, which are invading its habitat. This is a perennial grass producing a tuft of stems up to half a meter high or a bit taller. Plants occurring in the deep soils of Cabo Rojo tend to be more robust than those growing in the