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bunch grass
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bunch grass or bunch·grass (bnchgrs)
n.
Any of various grasses in many different genera that grow in clumplike fashion rather than forming a sod or mat.
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Noun1.bunch grass - any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or matbunch grass - any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States
bunchgrass
grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
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Minnich also revisits, and questions, stalwart notions of the state's botanical history, such as the bunchgrass-grazing hypothesis--which blames the disappearance of native bunchgrasses on opportunistic, nonnative plants, such as wild oats.
California's Fading Wildflowers: Lost Legacy and Biological Invasions by Ehrenberg, Rachel / Science News
There were Mojave mound cacti and blackbrush, widely spaced bunchgrasses and iodine bush, and treacherous, heavily armored cholla cacti.
The year we lost the deserts by Clarke, Chris / Earth Island Journal
Following the juniper removal, the Scanlans observed resprouting of sagebrush and an increase in the density of native bunchgrasses.
How the Scanlans got their range back by Ross, David A. / Endangered Species Update
 
 
 
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