Xerophyllum

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Noun1.Xerophyllum - small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grassXerophyllum - small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
genus Xerophyllum
liliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, lily family - includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
squaw grass, Xerophyllum tenax, bear grass - plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
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The spontaneous vegetation belongs to steppe areas covered by xerophyllum graminaceae: Festuca valesiaca, Stipa lessingiana, S.
Vineyard intracarpathian, Danubian-Pontic
Bear-grass (Xerophyllum tenax), for example, was a major item of export from the Makah and other peoples of the Olympic Peninsula to Vancouver Island.
Informal rural economies in history
Related Family Members in Book: Aspidistra, Aconitum, Asparagus, Eremurus, Gloriosa, Hemerocallis, Hosta, Kniphofia, Liriope, Muscari, Polygonatum, Ruscus, Smilax, Tulipa, and Xerophyllum
Related Family Members in Book: Asparagus, Aspidistra, Convallaria, Gloriosa, Hemerocallis, Hosta, Hyacinthus, Kniphofia, Lilium, Liriope, Muscari, Ornithogalum, Ruscus, Sandersonia, Tulipa, and Xerophyllum
Botanical entries: flowers and fruits
For example, the robust herb Xerophyllum tenax occurs in our plots 44 km from the volcano, but not at or near our deep-tephra plots.
A few species with little capacity to expand were severely injured by burial, such as Gaultheria humifusa and, in deeper tephra, Xerophyllum tenax.
A decade of recovery of understory vegetation buried by volcanic tephra from Mount St. Helens
Related Family Members in Book: Asparagus, Aspidistra, Convallaria, Gloriosa, Hosta, Hyacinthus, Kniphofia, Muscari, Ornithogalum, Ruscus, Sandersonia, Smilax, Tulipa, and Xerophyllum
Related Family Members in Book: Asparagus, Aspidistra, Convallaria, Gloriosa, Hemerocallis, Hosca, Kniphofia, Liriope, Muscari, Ornithagolum, Ruscus, Smilax, and Xerophyllum
Botanical entries: flowers and fruits
Related Family Members in Book: Asparagus, Aspidistra, Convallaria, Gloriosa, Hemerocallis, Hosta, Kniphotia, Liriopa, Muscari, 0rnithogalum, Ruscus, Smilax, Tulipa, and Xerophyllum
Botanical entries: flowers and fruits
Related Family Members in Book: Aspidistra, Gloriosa, Hemerocallis, Hosta, Hyacinthus, Kniphofia, Liriope, Muscari, Ornithogalum, Ruscus, Sandersonia, Scilla, Smilax, Tulipa, and Xerophyllum
Botanical entries: foliages and dried materials
Kniphofia, Liriope, Muscari Ornithogalum, Ruscus, So ndersonia, Scilla, Smilax, Tulipa, and Xerophyllum
Botanical entries: foliages and dried materials
Kniphofia, Lillium, Liriope, Muscari, Ornithogalum, Ruscus, Sandersonia, Tulipa, and Xerophyllum
Botanical entries: foliages and dried materials
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