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spear grass
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spear grass
n.
See feather grass.
spear grass
n NZ
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for wild Spaniard
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of various native Australian grasses, esp of the genera Stipa or Heteropogon, with sharp-pointed seeds
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of various grasses with sharp stiff blades or seeds
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; Speargrass, Annual Blue Grass; Roadside; Common; C = 0; BSUH 13394.
The vascular flora and vegetational communities of Lick Creek Summit ... by Ruch, Donald G.; Torke, Byron G.; Badger, Kemuel S.; Hess, Benjamin R.; Christian, Brook N.; Rothroc / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Two common native grass species, golden beardgrass (Chrysopogon fallax) and black speargrass (Heteropogon contortus), were grown in the collected soils, in a glasshouse, and the scientists applied various shade and water-stress treatments to simulate both the independent and combined effects of these factors on plant growth.
Do woodland trees improve pastures? In the eucalypt woodlands of ... by Davidson, Steve / Ecos
; Speargrass, Annual Blue Grass; Waste areas, field edges, and roadside; Abundant; (*); C = 0; BSUH 11815.
The vascular flora and vegetational communities of Hayes Arboretum in ... by Ruch, Donald G.; Torke, Byron G.; Badger, Kemuel S.; Reidy, Chris R.; Rothrock, Paul E.; Waltz, Rod; / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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