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Arundinaria is a genus of bamboo in the grass family the members of which are referred to generally as cane. [1] [2] Arundinaria is the only bamboo native to North America, with a native range from Maryland south to Florida and west to the southern Ohio Valley and Texas.
Grass dancers at the 2007 National Pow Wow. The grass dance or Omaha dance is a style of modern Native American men's pow wow dancing originating in the warrior societies on the Northern Great Plains. [1] Unlike most forms of pow wow dancing, the grass dance regalia generally has no feathers besides the occasional roach feather. The regalia ...
On the North American plains, prairies, grasslands, and meadows at least 11% of grasses are non-native. [2] North America is considered a hotspot for many invasive species of grasses, which threatens all of the endangered native grass species and potentially threatens other grass species. Conservation tactics and management policies can help ...
Native grasses of the Great Plains region (32 P) H. Grasses of Haiti (2 P) M. Grasses of Mexico (1 C, 133 P) U. ... Chloris (plant) Chloris cubensis; Coelorachis ...
Flowering big bluestem, a characteristic tallgrass prairie plant. The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America.Historically, natural and anthropogenic fire, as well as grazing by large mammals (primarily bison) provided periodic disturbances to these ecosystems, limiting the encroachment of trees, recycling soil nutrients, and facilitating seed dispersal and germination.
The native range of the grass extends north into Shasta County, California, and south into New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. [1] [2] There it inhabits a wide range of ecotypes including grassland, riparian, chaparral, mixed conifer, and oak woodland communities. Deergrass can grow in areas with periodic flooding, but cannot tolerate standing water ...
Hesperostipa spartea is native to the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies of North America. [2] It is also found in grasslands of the Rocky Mountains in Western Canada and the Western United States. [2] This grass is common and is a dominant grass in various prairie and grassland ecosystems in the Great Plains.
In its native range, Poa pratensis forms a valuable pasture plant, characteristic of well-drained, fertile soil. It is also used for making lawns in parks and gardens and has established itself as a common invasive weed across cool moist temperate climates like the Pacific Northwest and the Northeastern United States .