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Hierochloe odorata or Anthoxanthum nitens [1] (commonly known as sweet grass, manna grass, Mary's grass or vanilla grass, and as holy grass in the UK, [3] bison grass e.g. by Polish vodka producers [4]) is an aromatic herb native to northern Eurasia and North America. It is considered sacred by many Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United ...
Anthoxanthum odoratum is a short-lived perennial grass, commonly known as sweet vernal grass, that is native to acidic grassland in Eurasia and northern Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is grown as a lawn grass and a house plant , due to its sweet scent, and can also be found on unimproved pastures and meadows.
Sweet-grass or mannagrass, any of the many species in the genus Glyceria; Anthoxanthum odoratum, Sweet vernal grass, native to Eurasia; Muhlenbergia sericea, synonym Muhlenbergia filipes, native to the southeastern United States; colloquially for Cannabis, a psychoactive plant; Sheath grass belongs to the genus Coleanthus in the sweet grass family
Purchase is a hamlet in the town and village of Harrison, in Westchester County, New York, United States. One myth explains that its name is derived from Harrison's purchase, where John Harrison was to be granted as much land as he could ride in one day. [ 1 ]
Muhlenbergia sericea, synonym Muhlenbergia filipes, [1] known as gulf hairawn muhly or sweetgrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to the Southeastern United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas).
Glyceria maxima (syn. G. aquatica (L.) Wahlenb.;G. spectabilis Mert. & W.D.J. Koch; Molinia maxima Hartm.;Poa aquatica L.), imfe Nd [1] [2] commonly known as great manna grass, reed mannagrass, reed sweet-grass, [3] and greater sweet-grass [4] is a species of rhizomatous perennial grasses in the mannagrass genus native to Europe and Western Siberia and growing in wet areas such as riverbanks ...
The sculpture garden is open to the public, and a visitor's booth is in operation during the spring and summer, according to the PepsiCo Web site, although a New York Times article reported that it was open from March to November. When the center is closed, visitors may get a map of the gardens from a security guard at the headquarters entrance.
Sweet sorghum has been widely cultivated in the U.S. since the 1850s for use in sweeteners, primarily in the form of sorghum syrup. In 1857 James F. C. Hyde wrote, "Few subjects are of greater importance to us, as a people, than the producing of sugar; for no country in the world consumes so much as the United States, in proportion to its population."