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Eragrostis

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n.1.a genus of annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics.
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Noun1.Eragrostis - annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropicsEragrostis - annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics
genus Eragrostis
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
bay grass, love grass - any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion
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Cerrado is a dry grassland/forest interface dominated by mixed-height grasses (Annona coriacea, Dugetia furfuracea; Annonaceae, and Eragrostis polytricha; Gramineae) and palms (Butia paraguayensis, Palmae).
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Grasses that come to dominate the mesic sands are: Digitaria sanguinalis (hairy crabgrass), Eragrostis hypnoides (teal lovegrass), Leptochloa mucronata (mucronate sprangletop), Panicum rigidulum (redtop panicgrass), and P.
Ecology and Vegetation of LeFleur's Bluff State Park, Jackson, ... by Wieland, Ronald G. / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
 
 
 
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