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Wheatgrass is the freshly sprouted first leaves of the common wheat plant (Triticum aestivum), used as a food, drink, or dietary supplement. Wheatgrass is served freeze dried or fresh, and so it differs from wheat malt, which is convectively dried. Wheatgrass is allowed to grow longer and taller than wheat malt.
Two subspecies of bluebunch wheatgrass are recognized: P. spicata ssp. spicata and P. spicata ssp. inerme, commonly known as beardless bluebunch wheatgrass. [8] The determining characteristic between the two is the presence of divergent awns, or hair-like projections that extend off a larger structure, such as the lemma or floret.
Thinopyrum intermedium, known commonly as intermediate wheatgrass, [1] is a sod-forming perennial grass in the Triticeae tribe of Pooideae native to Europe and Western Asia. [2] It is part of a group of plants commonly called wheatgrasses because of the similarity of their seed heads or ears to common wheat.
Thinopyrum obtusiflorum is a species of grass known by the common names tall wheatgrass, [1] rush wheatgrass, and Eurasian quackgrass. It is native to Eurasia and it has been introduced to many other parts of the world, including much of the Americas and Australia. [2] This perennial bunchgrass can grow up to 2 meters tall.
Agropyron cristatum, the crested wheat grass, crested wheatgrass, fairway crested wheat grass, is a species in the family Poaceae. This plant is often used as forage and erosion control. It is well known as a widespread introduced species on the prairies of the United States and Canada .
Elymus trachycaulus is a species of wild rye known by the common name slender wheatgrass. It is native to much of North America. It is native to much of North America. It grows in widely varied habitats from northern Canada to Mexico, but is absent from most of the southeastern United States.