gama grass

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gama grass

(ˈɡɑːmə)

(Plants) a tall perennial grass, Tripsacum dactyloides, of SE North America: cultivated for fodder

[C19: gama, probably changed from grama]

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ga′ma grass`

(ˈgɑ mə)
n.

a tall forage grass, Tripsacum dactyloides.

[1825–35, Amer.; variant of grama]

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Carex leptonervia (Few-Nerved Wood Sedge) [endangered]; Hydrastis canadensis (Golden Seal) and Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gama Grass) [watch list] (Division of Nature Preserves 2007).

Results of the Loblolly Marsh Wetland Preserve BioBlitz, Jay County, Indiana

The two switchgrass transects were characterized by dense switchgrass with lesser amounts of eastern gama grass. Dead material was primarily provided by switchgrass.

Effects of an invasive grass (Bothriochloa ischaemum) on a grassland rodent community

He reintroduced native grasses such as little bluestem, Indian grass, switch grass and Eastern gama grass. He also built wildlife tanks.