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Setaria pumila is a species of grass known by many common names, including yellow foxtail, [2] yellow bristle-grass, [3] pigeon grass, and cattail grass. It is native to Europe, but it is known throughout the world as a common weed. It grows in lawns, sidewalks, roadsides, cultivated fields, and many other places. This annual grass grows 20 ...
The foliage is yellow-green. In the autumn, it produces large (30–70 cm long by 20–30 cm wide) effuse inflorescences (clusters on a stalk) of tiny red and purple spikelets (the type of flower seen in grasses). [1] [2] It produces purple seeds weight about a third of a milligram. [2] Propagation is by seed or sprigging. [2]
Dividing a mature clump of your perennials is an easy way to make more plants. Here's how to do it.
Sorghastrum nutans, known as Indiangrass, [2] [3] is a North American prairie grass found in the United States and Canada, especially in the Great Plains and tallgrass prairies. It is sometimes called Indian grass [4], yellow Indian-grass, [2] or wood grass. [5]
The wood has a density of about 850–1100 kg/m 3. [21] It is also good as firewood, and good-quality charcoal can be produced from it. [21] Mulga is a vital tree to Aboriginal Australians in central and Western Australia; the wood is a good hardwood for making various implements, such as digging sticks, woomeras, shields and wooden bowls. [23]
African savannas occur between forest or woodland regions and grassland regions. Flora includes acacia and baobab trees, grass, and low shrubs. Acacia trees lose their leaves in the dry season to conserve moisture, while the baobab stores water in its trunk for the dry season. Many of these savannas are in Africa.
Nassella pulchra, basionym Stipa pulchra, is a species of grass known by the common names purple needlegrass and purple tussockgrass. [4] It is native to the U.S. state of California, where it occurs throughout the coastal hills, valleys, and mountain ranges, as well as the Sacramento Valley and parts of the Sierra Nevada foothills, and Baja California.
The leaf blades are usually green, but may be variegated. The panicles are up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long. [4] The spikelets are light green, often streaked with darker green or purple. [5] This is a perennial grass which spreads underground by its thick rhizomes. [4]