index KINGDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS) PHYLUM ANGIOSPERMAE Class MONOCOTS Order POALES
family Poaceae, family Gramineae




True Grasses


BBALLBLU.GIF Inseption: 65 million years (kt boundry)


BBALLBLU.GIF Hollow stems called culms
Poaceae growth continues at the base
Leaf is sheathed
Leaf is hardened with silica phytoliths, and can cut grazers


BBALLBLU.GIF 10,000 species
Fourth largest plant family
Sugarcane, Bamboo, Rice, Lawns, Barley, Maize, Oats, Wheat


RULESPIN.gif RULERMAR
RULERYEL genus Cortaderia

PAMPASLOGO.JPG, 9 kB
BANAST15.gif Genus Cortaderia
Pampas Grass

RULERYEL Subfamily: Panicoideae
genus Digitaria

CRABLOGO.JPG, 3 kB
BANAST15.gif Genus Digitaria
CrabGrass

RULERYEL Tribe Andropogoneae
genus Saccharum
SUGARLOGO.JPG, 3 kB
BANAST15.gif Genus Saccharum
SugarCane

RULERYEL genus Briza
RattlesnakeGRASSlogo.JPG, 2 kB
BANAST15.gif Genus Briza
RattleSnake Grass, Quaking Grass

RULERYEL PHYLLOGO.JPG, 3 kB Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Shibataeinae
genus Phyllostachys

BANAST15.gif Genus Phyllostachys
Giant Bamboo

RULERYEL RULERMAR

RULERBOWGIF