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Phragmites australis, known as the common reed, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. It is a wetland grass that can grow up to 20 feet (6 metres) tall and has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide.

Paulownia tomentosa, common names princess tree, empress tree, or foxglove-tree, is a deciduous hardwood tree in the family Paulowniaceae, native to central and eastern China and the Korean Peninsula. It is an extremely fast-growing tree with seeds that disperse readily and is considered an invasive exotic species in North America that has undergone naturalisation in large areas of the Eastern US, even though it might be able to successfully get established through seeds only under ideal conditions. P. tomentosa has also been introduced to Western and Central Europe, and is establishing

Oryza glaberrima, commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. The species was first domesticated and grown in West Africa around 3,000 years ago. In agriculture, it makes up an estimated 20% of rice grown commercially in West Africa, having largely been replaced by higher-yielding O. sativa (Asian rice). The number of O. glaberrima varieties grown is declining. Crossbreeding between African and Asian rice is difficult, but there exist some crosses. In comparison to O. sativa (Asian rice), African rice is hardy, pest-resistant, low-labour, and suited to a

Alnus japonica, known as Japanese alder, is a species of Alnus from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, eastern China, and Russia.

Juniperus deppeana (alligator juniper or checkerbark juniper) is a small to medium-sized tree reaching 10–15 metres (33–49 feet) in height. It is native to central and northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.

Clavaria is a genus of fungi in the family Clavariaceae. Species of Clavaria produce basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are either cylindrical to club-shaped or branched and coral-like. They are often grouped with similar-looking species from other genera, when they are collectively known as the clavarioid fungi. All Clavaria species are terrestrial and most (if not all) are believed to be saprotrophic (decomposing dead plant material). In Europe, they are typical of old, mossy, unimproved grassland. In North America and elsewhere, they are more commonly found in woodlands.

Rehmannia glutinosa is a flowering broomrape, and one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name shēng dì huáng (Chinese: 生地黄). It is often sold as gān dì huáng (Chinese: 干地黄), gān meaning "dried". Unlike the majority of broomrapes, R. glutinosa is not parasitic, and is capable of independent photosynthesis.

Barbeuia madagascariensis is a liana found only on the island of Madagascar. Barbeuia has occasionally been placed in its own family, Barbeuiaceae. The APG II system of 2003, for instance, recognizes such a family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots, after Philippe Cuénoud sequenced a fragment of the matK gene (extracted from a seed deposited in the Kew Herbarium) and showed that Barbeuia does not belong in Phytolaccaceae. This represents a change from the APG system, of 1998, which did not recognize Barbeuiaceae as a family, for lack of molecular data.

Phragmites karka, the tall reed or common reed, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family. It is native to West Africa.

Dendrobium lindleyi (Lindley's Dendrobium), also known as Dendrobium aggregatum (nom. illeg.), is a plant of the genus Dendrobium. They are found in the mountains of southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan) and Southeast Asia (Assam, Bangladesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam). Dendrobium lindleyi flowers in spring with inflorescences of about 10–30 cm (4–12 in) long having 5 to 15 flowers. The plant enjoys a lot of light.

Ortachne is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family. Species Ortachne breviseta Hitchc. - Chile, Argentina Ortachne rariflora (Hook.f.) Hughes - Chile, Argentina formerly included see Aristida Ortachne floridana - Aristida floridana Ortachne pilosa - Aristida jorullensis Ortachne scabra - Aristida ternipes Ortachne tenuis - Aristida ternipes Ortachne erectifolia (Swallen) Clayton - Lorenzochloa erectifolia

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Loudetia is a genus of African, Arabian, and South American plants in the grass family. Species formerly included several species now considered better suited to other genera: Danthoniopsis Loudetiopsis Trichopteryx Tristachya

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Zoysia japonica (commonly known as Korean lawngrass, zoysia grass or Japanese lawngrass) is a species of creeping, mat-forming, short perennial grass that grows by both rhizomes and stolons. It is native to the coastal grasslands of southeast Asia and Indonesia. The United States was first introduced to Z. japonica in 1895. It received its first import from the Chinese region of Manchuria. Today, Z. japonica has become one of the most widely used species of turfgrass in the United States and other countries worldwide such as in Brazil, serving as a close and cheaper alternative to

Plinthanthesis is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family. Species Plinthanthesis paradoxa (R.Br.) S.T.Blake - New South Wales, Victoria Plinthanthesis rodwayi (C.E.Hubb.) S.T.Blake - New South Wales Plinthanthesis urvillei Steud. - New South Wales formerly included see Rytidosperma Plinthanthesis tenuior - Rytidosperma tenuius

Carex ischnostachya is an herbaceous graminoid plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae). It is native to the eastern Asia, where it is found in China, Japan, and Korea. Its natural habitat is in forest openings in wet areas, in hills or mountains. It is a common species, and is often found along roadsides or trails.

Babiana fragrans is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Babiana. The species is endemic to the Western Cape. The species was named after Henry Georges Fourcade. It occurs from the Cape Peninsula to Malmesbury and Ceres and has a range of 6800 km². The plant has lost much of its habitat (65%) in the low-lying areas between Stellenbosch, Paarl and Cape Town and in the Ceres Valley to development, agricultural activities and invasive species. The threats continue.

Acacia brownii, commonly known as heath wattle or prickly Moses, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern continental Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with more or less rigid, straight, sharply-pointed phyllodes, bright yellow flowers arranged in spherical heads and curved, flat, leathery pods.

Rytidosperma is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species occur in Australasia, with a few in insular Southeast Asia, southern South America (Chile, Argentina), and certain islands of the Pacific (Hawaii, Easter Island). Several are known by the general common name wallaby grass. Species formerly included see Merxmuellera Tenaxia Rytidosperma davyi - Merxmuellera davyi Rytidosperma distichum - Tenaxia disticha Rytidosperma grandiflorum - Merxmuellera grandiflora Rytidosperma subulatum - Tenaxia subulata

Paspalum urvillei is a species of grass known by the common name Vasey's grass, or Vasey grass. It is native to South America, and it is known in parts of North America as an introduced species. It is also naturalised in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, and southern Africa, including Madagascar. It is a noxious weed where it has been introduced in Hawaii and New Caledonia. It grows well in disturbed habitat, often in moist areas. This is a rhizomatous perennial grass which may reach 2 meters tall. The leaves are up to 2.5 centimeters wide and have a large, noticeable ligule. The

Lupinus variicolor (varied lupine, manycolored lupine, Lindley's varied lupine or varicolored lupine) is a shrub in the lupine (lupin) genus Lupinus. Lupinus variicolor is endemic to California where it occurs mostly along the northern coast, though it has also been reported in Sutter County, California. It is one of the foodplants of the endangered mission blue butterfly. It thrives in elevations between sea level and 1,640 ft (500 m).

Echium boissieri is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae. It is native to the western Mediterranean Basin in the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa. It is single-stemmed and can reach up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in height.

Dasyochloa is a monotypic genus containing the single species Dasyochloa pulchella (formerly Erioneuron pulchellum), also known as desert fluff-grass or low woollygrass. It is a densely tufted perennial grass found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Cyperus tenuispica is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to seasonally dry tropical areas of Africa, Asia and Australia. The annual herb to grass-like sedge typically grows to a height of 0.05 to 0.4 metres (0.2 to 1.3 ft). It blooms between February and August producing red-brown flowers. In Africa it is found from Mauritania in the north west to sudan in the north east down to Namibia and the Northern Provinces of South Africa in the south. In Asia the range of the plant extends from Tajikistan in Central Asia through the Himalayas and into eastern parts of Asia as far as

Cordia trichotoma, or louro pardo, is a species of a medium-sized deciduous tree that belongs to the family Cordiaceae. It is a perennial species native to humid tropical and subtropical forests in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina and others.

Carex dimorpholepis is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to temperate parts of Asia from Pakistan in the west to Japan in the east.

Carex amphibola, known as gray sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It was first formally named in 1855. Carex amphibola is native to the eastern United States and Canada. Carex amphibola is commonly confused with Carex grisea, which has somewhat greener perigynia with more rounded tips, versus the gray-green coloring and angular tips of C. amphibola perigynia. The perigynia of C. amphibola are somewhat more clustered and spreading at maturity, while those of C. grisea are strongly ascending. Carex amphibola grows in mesic deciduous forests, often in loamy areas

Tmesipteris truncata (aka Tmesipteris oblanceolata) is a fern endemic to eastern Australia. It is also known as a fork fern. The habitat of this primitive plant is under waterfalls, or in sandstone gullies or rainforests. It is often found growing on the base of the King Fern. Usually seen as an epiphyte or lithophyte, but it may also appear as a terrestrial plant. It is found as far south as Mount Dromedary. The stems are 15 to 30 cm long, mostly unbranched. Three or four grooves are at the base. The leaves grow shorter at the base, also shorter at the apex of the stems. Leaves are narrow

Tillandsia schiedeana is a species of flowering plant in the genus, Tillandsia. It was named for the collector Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede. As an epiphyte, it is found "growing in open tropical forests, and saxicolous, growing on cacti and burseras on steep dry slopes in semiarid regions in Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Venezuela, and Colombia at elevations of 750 to 5,500 feet."