#gramineous_plant__graminaceous_plant  cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and narrow long-bladed leaves
  supertype:  #herbaceous_plant__herb  a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
  member of:  #family_Gramineae
  subtype:  #grass__gras  narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
     subtype:  #beach_grass__beachgras  tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores
     subtype:  #bunchgrass__bunch_grass__bunchgras  any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States
     subtype:  #midgrass  any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States; includes most of the forage grasses of the temperate zone
     subtype:  #shortgrass  any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains
     subtype:  #sword_grass__swordgras  any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges
     subtype:  #tallgrass__tallgras  any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture
     subtype:  #goat_grass__Aegilops_triuncalis  European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock
     subtype:  #wheatgrass  a grass of the genus Agropyron
        subtype:  #crested_wheatgrass__crested_wheat_grass__crestedwheatgras__fairwaycrestedwheatgras__Agropyron_cristatum  Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control
        subtype:  #dog_grass__doggras__couch_grass__couchgras__quackgrass__quack_grass__quackgras__quickgras__witch_grass__witchgrass__Agropyron_repens  European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
        subtype:  #bearded_wheatgrass__Agropyron_subsecundum  a wheatgrass with straight terminal awns on the flowering glumes
        subtype:  #western_wheatgrass__bluestem_wheatgrass__Agropyron_smithii  valuable forage grass of western United States
        subtype:  #intermediate_wheatgrass__Agropyron_intermedium__Elymus_hispidus  Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for pasture and fodder
        subtype:  #slender_wheatgrass__Agropyron_trachycaulum__Agropyron_pauciflorum__Elymus_trachycaulos  North American grass cultivated in western United States as excellent forage crop
     subtype:  #bent_grass__bent__bentgrass__bentgras  grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
        subtype:  #velvet_bent_grass__velvet_bent__brown_bent__brownbent__Rhode_Island_bent__dog_bent__dogbent__Agrostis_canina  common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves
        subtype:  #cloud_grass__cloudgras__Agrostis_nebulosa  Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets
        subtype:  #creeping_bent__creeping_bentgrass__Agrostis_palustris  common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners
     subtype:  #broom_grass__broomgras  any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making
        subtype:  #broom_sedge__broomsedge__Andropogon_virginicus  tall tufted grass of southeastern United States
        subtype:  #broom_beard_grass__broombeardgras__prairiegras__wiregras__andropogonscopariu__Schizachyrium_scoparium  handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn
     subtype:  #tall_oat_grass__tall_meadow_grass__evergreen_grass__evergreengras__false_oat__falseoat__French_rye__Arrhenatherum_elatius  coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
     subtype:  #brome__bromegrass  any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
        subtype:  #awnless_bromegrass__Bromus_inermis  drought-resistant perennial with awns lacking or very short and long creeping rhizomes; Europe and temperate Asia
        subtype:  #chess__ches__Bromus_secalinus  weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
        subtype:  #downy_brome__downybrome__downy_bromegrass__downy_cheat__downycheat__downy_chess__downyches__cheatgrass__drooping_brome__Bromus_tectorum  annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
        subtype:  #field_brome__fieldbrome__Bromus_arvensis  annual grass of Europe and temperate Asia
        subtype:  #Japanese_brome__Japanese_chess__Bromus_japonicus  grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia
     subtype:  #grama_grass__gramagras__grama__gramma__gramma_grass  pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
        subtype:  #blue_grama__Bouteloua_gracilis  of western North America
        subtype:  #black_grama__Bouteloua_eriopoda  especially of western coastal regions of North America
     subtype:  #buffalo_grass__buffalogras__Buchloe_dactyloides  short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam)
     subtype:  #reed_grass  any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
        subtype:  #feather_reed_grass__feathertop__Calamagrostis_acutiflora  a variety of reed grass
        subtype:  #Australian_reed_grass__Calamagrostic_quadriseta  tall Australian reedlike grass sometimes used for hay
     subtype:  #burgrass__bur_grass__burgras  a grass of the genus Cenchrus
        subtype:  #buffel_grass__Cenchrus_ciliaris__Pennisetum_cenchroides  erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used in especially in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage
     subtype:  #field_sandbur__fieldsandbur__sandbur__Cenchrus_tribuloides  grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
     subtype:  #finger_grass  any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils
        subtype:  #Rhodes_grass__Chloris_gayana  perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United States; cultivated as forage grass in dry regions
        subtype:  #creeping_windmill_grass__windmill_grass__star_grass__Chloris_truncata  perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill
     subtype:  #pampas_grass__Cortaderia_selloana  tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps
     subtype:  #plumed_tussock__toe_toe__toetoe__Cortaderia_richardii__Arundo_richardii  tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads
     subtype:  #Bermuda_grass__devil_grass__Bahama_grass__kweek__scutch_grass__star_grass__Cynodon_dactylon  trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
     subtype:  #giant_star_grass__Cynodon_plectostachyum  perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay
     subtype:  #orchard_grass__orchardgras__cocksfoot__cockspur__Dactylis_glomerata  widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass
     subtype:  #crabgrass__crabgras__crabgras__fingergras  grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
        subtype:  #Egyptian_grass__crowfoot_grass__Dactyloctenium_aegypticum  a creeping grass with spikes like fingers
        subtype:  #smooth_crabgrass__Digitaria_ischaemum  a weed
        subtype:  #large_crabgrass__largecrabgras__hairy_finger_grass__Digitaria_sanguinalis  a European forage grass grown for hay; a naturalized weed in United States
     subtype:  #lyme_grass  a grass of the genus Elymus
        subtype:  #giant_ryegrass__Elymus_condensatus__Leymus_condensatus  stout perennial grass of western North America
        subtype:  #sea_lyme_grass__European_dune_grass__Elymus_arenarius__Leymus_arenaria  a dune grass of the Pacific seacoast used as a sand binder
     subtype:  #wild_rye  any of several grasses of the genus Elymus
        subtype:  #Canada_wild_rye__Elymus_canadensis  North American wild rye
        subtype:  #Elymus_caput-medusae__medusa's_head  weedy rye grass having long bristling awns
     subtype:  #love_grass__bay_grass__baygras  any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; useful especially for forage and prevention of erosion
        subtype:  #teff_grass__teff__Eragrostis_tef__Eragrostic_abyssinica  an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flower of good quality) as well as for forage and hay
        subtype:  #weeping_love_grass__African_love_grass__Eragrostis_curvula  perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy stems; introduced into United States especially for erosion control
     subtype:  #plume_grass__plumegras  a reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes
        subtype:  #Ravenna_grass__wool_grass__Erianthus_ravennae  grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass
     subtype:  #meadow_fescue__fescue__fescue_grass__Festuca_elatior  grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
     subtype:  #sheep_fescue__sheepfescue__sheep's_fescue__sheep'sfescue__Festuca_ovina  cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass
     subtype:  #silver_grass  of Australia and New Zealand
     subtype:  #velvet_grass__Yorkshire_fog__Holcus_lanatus  tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage
     subtype:  #creeping_soft_grass__Holcus_mollis  European perennial grass with soft velvety foliage
     subtype:  #rye_grass__ryegras__ryegrass  any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
        subtype:  #perennial_ryegrass__English_ryegrass__Lolium_perenne  European perennial grass widely cultivated for pasture and hay and as a lawn grass
        subtype:  #Italian_ryegrass__Italian_rye__Lolium_multiflorum  European grass much used for hay and in United States also for turf and green manure
        subtype:  #bearded_darnel__beardeddarnel__darnel__tare__cheat__Lolium_temulentum  weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
     subtype:  #nimblewill__nimble_Will__Muhlenbergia_schreberi  slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States
     subtype:  #dallisgrass__dallisgras__dallisgras__Paspalum_dilatatum  tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
     subtype:  #Bahia_grass__Paspalum_notatum  perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of Gulf states
     subtype:  #knotgrass__knotgras__paspalumdistichum  low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
     subtype:  #fountain_grass__Pennisetum_ruppelii__Pennisetum_setaceum  tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia
     subtype:  #feathertop_grass__feathertop__Pennistum_villosum  northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles
     subtype:  #reed_canary_grass__gardener's_garters__lady's_laces__ribbon_grass__Phalaris_arundinacea  perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
     subtype:  #canary_grass__birdseed_grass__Phalaris_canariensis  Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds
     subtype:  #hardinggrass__Harding_grass__toowomba_canary_grass__Phalaris_aquatica__Phalaris_tuberosa  perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass
     subtype:  #herd's_grass__timothy__Phleum_pratense  grass with long cylindrical spikes frown in northern United States and Europe for hay
     subtype:  #blue_grass__bluegrass__bluegras  any of various grasses of the genus Poa
        subtype:  #Kentucky_bluegrass__Kentucky_blue__Kentucy_blue_grass__June_grass__Poa_pratensis  valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures
     subtype:  #meadowgrass__meadow_grass  any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
        subtype:  #foxtail__foxtail_grass__foxtailgras  grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
           subtype:  #meadow_foxtail__Alopecurus_pratensis  stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America
           subtype:  #bristlegrass__bristle_grass__bristlegras  grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet
           subtype:  #giant_foxtail__giantfoxtail  two species of coarse annual foxtails that are naturalized weeds in United States
           subtype:  #yellow_bristlegrass__yellow_bristle_grass__yellow_foxtail__glaucous_bristlegrass__Setaria_glauca  common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas
           subtype:  #green_bristlegrass__green_foxtail__greenfoxtail__rough_bristlegrass__bottlegrass__bottlegras__bottlegras__setariaviridi  European foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weed
           subtype:  #foxtail_millet__foxtailmillet__Italian_millet__Hungarian_grass__Setaria_italica  coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States
              subtype:  #Siberian_millet__Setaria_italica_rubrofructa  millet having orange to reddish grains in long bristly spikes
              subtype:  #German_millet__golden_wonder_millet__Setaria_italica_stramineofructa  millet having yellow grains in large drooping spikes
        subtype:  #manna_grass__mannagras__sweet_grass__sweetgras  any of several moisture-loving grasses of the genus Glyceria having sweet flavor or odor
           subtype:  #reed_meadow_grass__Glyceria_grandis  a pasture grass of moist places throughout North America
        subtype:  #wood_meadowgrass__Poa_nemoralis__Agrostis_alba  slender European grass of shady places; grown also in northeastern America and temperate Asia
     subtype:  #munj__munja__Saccharum_bengalense__Saccharum_munja  tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets
     subtype:  #bluestem__blue_stem__Andropogon_furcatus__Andropogon_gerardii  tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States
     subtype:  #cordgrass__cordgras__cordgras  any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders
        subtype:  #salt_reed_grass__Spartina_cynosuroides  tall reedlike grass common in salt meadows
        subtype:  #prairie_cordgrass__prairiecordgras__freshwater_cordgrass__slough_grass__Spartina_pectinmata  North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns
     subtype:  #dropseed  a grass of the genus Sporobolus
        subtype:  #smut_grass__blackseed__carpet_grass__Sporobolus_poiretii  grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus
        subtype:  #sand_dropseed__Sporobolus_cryptandrus  erect smooth grass of sandy places in eastern North America
     subtype:  #rushgrass__rushgras  grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles
     subtype:  #St._Augustine_grass__Stenotaphrum_secundatum__buffalo_grass__buffalogras  low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass
     subtype:  #cereal_grass__cereal  grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
        subtype:  #oat  annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
           subtype:  #cereal_oat__Avena_sativa  widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains
           subtype:  #wild_oat_grass__wild_oat__Avena_fatua  common in meadows and pastures
           subtype:  #slender_wild_oat__Avena_barbata  oat of southern Europe and southwestern Asia
           subtype:  #wild_red_oat__animated_oat__Avene_sterilis  Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat
        subtype:  #barley  cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain
           subtype:  #common_barley__Hordeum_vulgare  grass yielding grain used for for breakfast food, animal feed and in malt beverages
           subtype:  #barley_grass__wall_barley__Hordeum_murinum  European annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerows
           subtype:  #squirreltail_barley__foxtail_barley__foxtailbarley__squirreltail_grass__Hordeum_jubatum  barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia
           subtype:  #little_barley__Hordeum_pusillum  annual barley native to western North America and widespread in southern United States and tropical America
        subtype:  #rice.cereal_grass  annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
           subtype:  #cultivated_rice__Oryza_sativa  yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population
        subtype:  #ricegrass__ricegras__ricegras  any grass of the genus Oryzopsis
           subtype:  #mountain_rice__silkgrass__silkgras__silkgras__indianmillet__Oryzopsis_hymenoides  valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico
           subtype:  #smilo_grass__smilogras__smilo__Oryzopsis_miliacea  perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America
        subtype:  #pearl_millet__pearlmillet__bulrush_millet__bulrushmillet__cattail_millet__cattailmillet__Pennisetum_glaucum__Pennisetum_Americanum  tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer
        subtype:  #Secale_cereale__rye  hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
        subtype:  #millet  any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
           subtype:  #barnyard_grass__barn_grass__barn_millet__Echinochloa_crusgalli  a coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing
           subtype:  #Japanese_millet__billion-dollar_grass__Japanese_barnyard_millet__sanwa_millet__sanwamillet__Echinochloa_frumentacea  coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States
           subtype:  #yardgrass__yardgras__yardgras__wiregras__goosegras__Eleusine_indica  coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
           subtype:  #finger_millet__ragi__ragee__African_millet__coracan__corakan__kurakkan__Eleusine_coracana  East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
           subtype:  #panic_grass__panicgras  any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder
              subtype:  #old_witchgrass__witchgrass__witch_grass__old_witch_grass__oldwitchgras__tumblegras__panicumcapillare  North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land
              subtype:  #switch_grass__Panicum_virgatum  grass of western America used for hay
              subtype:  #broomcorn_millet__broomcornmillet__millet__hog_millet__hogmillet__Panicum_miliaceum  extensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forage
              subtype:  #Texas_millet__goose_grass__goosegras__Panicum_Texanum  annual weedy grass used for hay
           subtype:  #sorghum  economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
              subtype:  #great_millet__greatmillet__kaffir__kafir_corn__kafircorn__kaffir_corn__Sorghum_bicolor  important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
              subtype:  #grain_sorghum__grainsorghum  any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain
                 subtype:  #durra__doura__dourah__Egyptian_corn__Indian_millet__Guinea_corn  sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
                 subtype:  #feterita__federita__Sorghum_vulgare_caudatum  a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains
                 subtype:  #hegari  Sudanese sorghums having white seeds; one variety grown in southwestern United States
                 subtype:  #kaoliang  sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching)
                 subtype:  #milo_maize__milo  small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains
                 subtype:  #shallu__Sorghum_vulgare_rosburghii  sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains; introduced into United States from India
              subtype:  #sorgo__sorgho__sweet_sorghum__sweetsorghum__sugar_sorghum__sugarsorghum  any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup
              subtype:  #Johnson_grass__Aleppa_grass__means_grass__meansgras__evergreen_millet__evergreenmillet__Sorghum_halepense__Sorghum_halapense  tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder; naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land
              subtype:  #broomcorn__Sorghum_vulgare_technicum  tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes
        subtype:  #wheat__corn  annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
           subtype:  #Triticum_durum__durum__durum_wheat__durumwheat__hard_wheat__Triticum_turgidum__maccaroni_wheat__maccaroniwheat  wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
           subtype:  #soft_wheat  wheat with soft starch kernels used in pastry and breakfast cereals
           subtype:  #common_wheat__Triticum_aestivum  widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain
           subtype:  #spelt__Triticum_spelta__Triticum_aestivum_spelta  hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed
           subtype:  #emmer__starchwheat__two-grain_spelt__twograinspelt__Triticum_dicoccum  hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed
           subtype:  #wild_wheat__wild_emmer__Triticum_dicoccum_dicoccoides  found wild in Palestine; held to be prototype of cultivated wheat
        subtype:  #Indian_corn__corn__maize__Zea_mays  tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
           subtype:  #field_corn__fieldcorn  corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain
              subtype:  #dent_corn__Zea_mays_indentata  corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity
              subtype:  #flint_corn__flintcorn__flint_maize__flintmaize__Yankee_corn__Zea_mays_indurata  corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm
              subtype:  #soft_corn__flour_corn__flourcorn__squaw_corn__squawcorn__Zea_mays_amylacea  corn having kernels almost entirely of soft starch
           subtype:  #sweet_corn_plant__sweet_corn__sweetcorn__sugar_corn__sugarcorn__green_corn__greencorn__Zea_mays_rugosa__Zea_saccharata  corn whose young ears are sweet and suitable for eating as a vegetable
           subtype:  #Zea_mays_everta__popcorn  corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
        subtype:  #wild_rice__Zizania_aquatica  perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food
     subtype:  #zoysia  any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia
        subtype:  #Manila_grass__Japanese_carpet_grass__Zoysia_matrella  lawn grass common in the Philippines; grown also in United States
        subtype:  #Korean_lawn_grass__Japanese_lawn_grass__Zoysia_japonica  lawn grass common in China and Japan; grown also in United States
        subtype:  #mascarene_grass__mascarenegras__Korean_velvet_grass__Zoysia_tenuifolia  Asiatic creeping perennial grass; introduced in southern United States as a drought-resistant lawn grass
  subtype:  #Saccharum_officinarum__sugarcane__sugar_cane__sugarcane  tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
     subtype:  #noble_cane__noblecane  sugarcanes representing the highest development of the species; characterized by large juicy stalks with soft rinds and high sugar content
  subtype:  #reed.gramineous_plant  tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
     subtype:  #toetoe__toitoi__Arundo_conspicua__Chionochloa_conspicua  used by Maoris for thatching
     subtype:  #giant_reed__giantreed__Arundo_donax  large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large gray-white feathery panicles
     subtype:  #ditch_reed__ditchreed__common_reed__carrizo__Phragmites_communis  tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts
  subtype:  #bamboo  woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
     subtype:  #common_bamboo__Bambusa_vulgaris  extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain
     subtype:  #giant_cane__giantcane__cane_reed__Arundinaria_gigantea  tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets
     subtype:  #small_cane__smallcane__switch_cane__Arundinaria_tecta  small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States
     subtype:  #giant_bamboo__giantbamboo__kyo-chiku__kyochiku__Dendrocalamus_giganteus  immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
     subtype:  #fishpole_bamboo__gosan-chiku__gosanchiku__hotei-chiku__hoteichiku__Phyllostachys_aurea  small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young
     subtype:  #black_bamboo__blackbamboo__kuri-chiku__Phyllostachys_nigra  small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black
     subtype:  #giant_timber_bamboo__madake__ku-chiku__Phyllostachys_bambusoides  large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely brown elsewhere

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