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Poaceae — Grass Family

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Coix lacryma-jobi L.

Coix lacryma-jobi L. (Job's tear) is an edible, medicinal grass cultivated across East and South Asia.

Coleanthus subtilis (Tratt.) Seidel ex Roem. & Schult.

Coleanthus subtilis is a small rare annual grass with scattered disjunct populations across Eurasia and North America.

Coleataenia anceps (Michx.) Soreng

Coleataenia anceps is a rhizomatous perennial grass used for grazing and disturbed land revegetation.

Cortaderia jubata (Lemoine) Stapf

Cortaderia jubata is a pampas grass that produces millions of easily dispersed, apomictic seeds from its large, colorful plume inflorescences.

Cortaderia selloana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Asch. & Graebn.

Cortaderia selloana, or pampas grass, is a flowering Poaceae species native to southern South America, grown ornamentally and invasive worldwide.

Corynephorus canescens (L.) P.Beauv.

Corynephorus canescens is a grass with detailed, specific size and shape traits for all of its floral and vegetative structures.

Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood

Ctenium aromaticum, or toothache grass, is a native US perennial grass with numbing effects when chewed.

$Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus$

Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus

Cymbopogon refractus is a lemon-ginger scented perennial bunchgrass native to eastern and northern Australia.

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

Cynodon dactylon is a widespread warm-climate cultivated grass with defined morphological, growth, and reported medicinal traits.

Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst

Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst, African Bermuda-grass, is a stoloniferous, non-rhizomatous forage grass native to Tropical Africa excluding West Africa.

Cynosurus cristatus L.

Cynosurus cristatus L. is a perennial grass used for grazing, straw plaiting, and rat control, and is a food source for certain butterflies. It is native to Eurasia and introduced to other regions.

Cynosurus echinatus L.

Cynosurus echinatus is an annual grass, native to southern Europe, introduced and sometimes weedy elsewhere.

Dactylis glomerata L.

Dactylis glomerata (cock's-foot) is a perennial forage grass that can become invasive in introduced regions.

Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.

Dactyloctenium aegyptium is a 30 cm creeping African grass used as a traditional famine food with nutritional and agricultural potential.

Danthonia californica Bol.

Danthonia californica is a perennial bunch grass native to far western North America that grows in moist open habitats.

Danthonia compressa Austin

Danthonia compressa is a perennial bunchgrass native to eastern North America that grows in forests, meadows, and grassy balds.

Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC.

Danthonia decumbens is a perennial decumbent bunchgrass that grows in damp acidic heath and pasture soils, with no agricultural forage value.

Danthonia sericea Nutt.

Danthonia sericea Nutt. is infrequent, in season Apr–Jun, with specimens like Thornhill 1288 at NCSC and Wilbur 67108 from Old Maple Hill Road at DUKE, identified per RAB, FNA, and Weakley.