Family: Poaceae - Ornamental Plant Information from PlantsGalore.Com

The Grass Family

Formerly the Gramineae Family, it is a large group containing about 600 genera with over 10,000 species making it the fifth largest of the plant families. Grasses are all monocotyledons and many of them have been "domesticated" for use as food grains. It is estimated that members of this family cover as much as 20 percent of the vegetative cover on earth.

	Hair Grass		Blue Oat Grass
	Quackgrass		Creeping Velvet Grass
	Bentgrass		Squirrel's Tail Grass
	Foxtail		Bottlebrush Grass
	Big Bluestem		Japanese Blood Grass
	Vernal Grass		Junegrass
	Loose Silkybent Grass		Hare's Tail Grass
	Oatgrass		Ruby Grass
	Giant Reed Grass		Eulalia Grass
	Oats		Purple Moor Grass
	Bamboo
	Blue Grama		Basket Grass
	Quaking Grass		Switch Grass
	Brome Grass		Fountain Grass
	Buffalo Grass		Ribbon Grass
	Feather Reed Grass		Timothy
	Sandbur		Bluegrass
	Sea Oats		Rabbitsfoot Grass
	Job's Tears		Ruby Grass, Natal Grass
	Pampas Grass		Little Bluestem
	Bermuda Grass		Sugar Cane
	Orchardgrass		Rye
	Bamboo		Foxtail Millet
	Tufted Hair Grass		Indian Grass
	Crabgrass		Sorghum
	Barnyard Grass		Prairie Cordgrass
	Goosegrass		Dropseed
	Lyme Grass		Sleepy Grass
	Horsetail		Gamma Grass
	Love Grass
	Plume Grass		Bread Wheat
	Fescue		Corn
	Bamboo		Zoysia Grass
	Japanese Forest Grass

Note on Taxonomy - Plant taxonomy is the art and science of classifying plants into groupings in order to help people make sense of the huge diversity found in the world. The people who do this for a living are called taxonomists. They are continually evaluating and re-evaluating how plants are classified. For example, with the recent emergence of DNA analysis, many plants have been changing classification.

Also, there is no one, single universal classification system for plants. Rather, there is a lot of debate among taxonomists which may lead to confusion for the average gardener. That is why, in these family listings, you often see the words "about" or "around" when counting the number of genera or species to include. It is also why new families are created and some of the old ones suddenly fade away. So, don't be surprised if you find slightly different information at other sites or sources. Oh, well.