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Cluster of grass with seeds at the top.
Danthonia spicata (Poverty Oatgrass)
Oryza meridionalis is a wild rice indigenous to Australia. It is found at edges of freshwater lagoons, temporary pools, and swamps.
Oryza meridionalis (Wild rice)
Hymenachne was introduced into northern Queensland, Australia in the 1970s to use in ponded pastures. It escaped cultivation a few years after its release in 1988. It is spreading throughout the tropical wetlands of northern Australia and is most common in the coastal wetlands of northern Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Hymenachne amplexicaulis (Olive hymenachne)
Marsh rush (Scirpus spp.) plant, in Maryland.
Marsh rush (Scirpus spp.)
Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) is an invasive species at Shenandoah National Park. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese Stiltgrass)
Found in and around aquatic or wetland habitats, this grass is avoided by grazing feral horses on Assateague Island, Maryland, in favor of Spartina alterniflora.
Distichlis spicata (Coastal Salt Grass)
Illustration of bamboo
Bamboo 2
Illustration of a rice plant
Rice 2
Typha x glauca is a sterile F1 hybrid between Typha angustifolia and Typha latifolia. Found in freshwater habitats such as interior wetlands of Assateague Island, Maryland.
Typha x glauca (White Cattail)
Illustration of American Beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata)
Ammophila breviligulata (American Beachgrass)
Short, tufted grasses that are found in the woods, fields, bogs, and marshes of Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia.
Agrostis spp. (Tickle Grass)
Illustration of Triodia spp. (Spinifex)
Triodia spp. (Spinifex)
Illustration of bamboo
Bamboo 1

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