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MONOCOTS: POACEAE. Rice (Oryza). Corn ( Zea ). Oats ( Avena ). Wheat ( Triticum ). Barley ( Secale ). Sugar ( Saccharum ). Pampas Grass ( Cortaderia ). Giant Reed ( Arundo ). Three-Awn ( Aristida sp.). Sideoats Grama ( Bouteloua curtipendula ). Botteri’s Sparrow. Sacaton Grass.
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Three-Awn (Aristida sp.) Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
Botteri’s Sparrow Sacaton Grass
Junction of Blade and Sheath (II) Auricles
Aerial Stems Culm (= Grass Stem)
Essential Vegetative Terminology • Leaf Blade • Leaf Sheath • Ligule • Auricle • Culm • Stolon • Rhizome • Fibrous Roots
Grass Floret Floret = Flower Enclosed in Two Bracts (Lemma, Palea)
Grass Spikelet Grass Spikelet = Two Glumes + Floret(s)
Essential Floral Terminology • Floret • Lemma • Palea • Lodicule • Rachilla • Spikelet • Glume • Pedicel
Inflorescence Inflorescence = Spikelet Arrangement
Panicle of Spikelets (Open Panicle)
Panicle of Spikelets (Contracted Panicle)
Spike of Spikes(Spike of Spicate Branches) Hairy Grama (Bouteloua hirsuta)
Essential Inflorescence Terminology • Raceme • Spike • Panicle (Including Contracted Panicle) • Spike of Spikes