Grass

This is a paper I did for the week about grasses.

GRASSES

What is a grass?

Grass is a plant that grows, but not just the green stuff that grows in your yard. It is also wheat, rice, sugarcane and bamboo.

What does graminoid mean?

A fancy word for grasses. Something that is grass like

Are grasses Monocots or Dicots? What characterizes them as such?

Monocots, they have single .

Where are grasses found?

Pretty much everywhere.

How much land is covered by grasses?

Roughly 20%

What are the 3 types of grasslands?

         1. Savanna

         2. Plain

         3. Farmlands

Define cereal as it pertains to grasses.

It is the grains of grasses that have been made into an edible delight.

Make a list of the subset of grasses called cereals.

1. Rice

2. Maize (Corn)

3. Wheat

4. Oats

5. Sorghum

6. Barley

Which ones are the most important cereal crops?

Wheat, Oats, Rice, Maize, Sorghum

What is turf grass?

Turf is grass used in lawns, grass that is maintained.

List some ornamental grasses:

         1. Indian Grass

         2. Blue Fescue

         3. Japanese Blood Grass

         4. Pampas Grass

List some woody grasses:

         1. Bamboo

2. Hay

3. Straw

4. Corn

What are sedges?

They are flowering herbs

Are they a true grass?

No they are not.

List some sedges:

1. Pineapple

         2. Western Inflated

         3. Slough Sedge

         4. Sawbeak Sedge

How do grasses reproduce? Make a list with examples.

         1. Tillering

         2. Rhizomes

         3. Seeds

         4. Sends off shoots

         5. breaking apart and replanting

Grass is really important for animals, there are quite a lot of animals that eat grasses as their main source of food. For instance, Cows, Sheep, Horses, Goats, Rodents, and also some birds.