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Grasses are shallow-rooted perennials that have long, narrow leaves with veins running parallel to their length. Grasses, which are often herbs, typically grow in large masses, though some grasses, like bamboo, are large and woody.
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Everyday Science: Wheat Quiz
As Earth's population continues to rise, wheat plays an increasingly essential role in making sure everyone gets enough to eat. You can find cultivated wheat fields and dishes across the globe. It's time to put your wheat knowledge to the test.
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How Wheat Works
Ten-tier wedding cakes, bagels slathered with cream cheese and slim, crusty baguettes -- we owe them all to wheat. What's the story behind this ancient, ubiquitous food crop?
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Bamboo, a woody plant of the grass family. There are about 1,000 species of bamboos.
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Barley, a cultivated cereal grass. Barley is used chiefly in making malt (used for making beer) and as feed for farm animals.
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Bent Grass, a large genus of stiff grasses with small flowers. Some varieties are important lawn and pasture grasses.
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Bermuda Grass (also called Bahama Grass), a tropical pasture grass, planted for lawns in warm regions.
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Bluegrass, a perennial lawn and pasture grass. It has bluish-green stems and dusty blue blossoms.
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Bromegrass, the common name for a large group of grasses. Most of them are native to the north temperate zone, where they are grown for forage.
See more »Broomcorn
Broomcorn, a variety of sorghum. Since very early times, the branches of its flowering head have been used to make brooms.
See more »Buffalo Grass
Buffalo Grass, a North American grass highly valued in the West for fodder. It is a low grass that grows vigorously, spreading rapidly by runners.
See more »Can grass seed grow on a lava rock as well as it can grow on soil?
Grass seed can grow just about anywhere, just as long as they have plenty of water and nutrients. Can grass grow on lava rocks as well as it can on soil, though? Find out the answer to this question in this article from HowStuffWorks.
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Cane, the name of certain species of bamboo. The one most common in the United States is southern cane, or cane reed, which grows in almost impassable thickets called canebrakes.
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Corn, as the term is used in the United States, a cereal plant of the grass family, producing its grain in husk-covered ears.
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Crabgrass, a weed grass commonly found in lawns. Few weeds are more difficult to kill.
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Esparto, or Spanish Grass, a grass native to the Mediterranean area. It flourishes on the sandy, semi-arid slopes of Spain and Algeria.
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Fescue, a group of about 100 species of perennial grasses that grow in temperate regions.
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Grain, any plant of the grass family that is cultivated for its edible grains, or kernels.
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Grass, the most useful family of plants. There are more than 5,000 kinds of grasses.
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Harding Grass, a species of perennial canary grass. Harding grass is native to Australia and southern Africa.
See more »How can the grass on the greens at a golf course be so perfect?
How can the grass on the greens at a golf course be so perfect? What are they doing that's different from a normal lawn? Could my lawn look like this?
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