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Grasses
The huge grass family (Gramineae) includes food and forage grasses such as corn, wheat and oats, sod-forming grasses like Bermuda and St. Augustine, and the ornamental grasses. Ornamental grasses include dainty annuals used as accents in flowerbeds and in dried arrangements, tall perennials that demand attention in beds and borders, and tree-sized bamboos that dominate the landscape. Most grasses can be recognized by their elongated, blade-like leaves with parallel veins.

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Scientific Name Common Names Acorus gramineus Japanese sweet flag Andropogon gerardii big bluestem Arundo donax giant reed Carex appalachica Appalachian sedge Carex oshimensis Oshima sedge Carex pendula drooping sedge Carex phyllocephala palm sedge Chasmanthium latifolium Indian wood-oats Cortaderia selloana pampas grass Cymbopogon citratus lemongrass Cymbopogon nardus citronella grass Cyperus involucratus umbrella sedge Cyperus papyrus papyrus Festuca glauca blue fescue Imperata cylindrica Japanese blood grass Juncus effusus soft rush Liriope muscari liriope Lycoris squamigera surprise lily Miscanthus floridulus giant miscanthus Miscanthus sinensis Japanese silver grass Muhlenbergia capillaris Gulf muhlygrass Muhlenbergia lindheimeri Lindheimer's muhlygrass Nassella tenuissima Mexican feather grass Ophiopogon japonicus mondo grass Panicum virgatum switchgrass Pennisetum alopecuroides Chinese fountain grass Pennisetum macrostachyum fountain grass Pennisetum orientale oriental fountain grass Pennisetum setaceum African fountain grass Schizachyrium scoparium little bluestem Setaria palmifolia palm grass Sorghastrum nutans indiangrass Spartina bakeri sand cordgrass Tripsacum dactyloides gamma grass Uniola paniculata sea oats Zea mays corn