Grass is a valuable source of food and energy for many animals. Grasses have adapted to conditions in lush rain forests, dry deserts, cold mountains and even intertidal habitats, and are now the most widespread plant type. Fossilized dinosaur dung (coprolites) have been found containing grass phytoliths ( silica stones inside grass leaves). They became widespread toward the end of the Cretaceous. Graminoids include some of the most versatile plant life-forms. Without grass, dirt can wash away into rivers ( erosion).Įvolution of grass Unlike other plants, grasses grow from the bottom, so when animals eat grass they usually do not destroy the part that grows. Grasses are an important food for many animals, like deer, buffalo, cattle, mice, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and many other grazers. Several other plants that look similar but are not members of the grass family are also sometimes called grass these include rushes, reeds, papyrus, and water chestnut. Plants from the grass family can grow in many places, even if they are very cold or very dry. Many grasses are short, but some grasses, like bamboo can grow very tall. Uses for graminoids include food (as grain, sprouted grain, shoots or rhizomes), drink ( beer, whisky), pasture for livestock, thatching thatch, paper, fuel, clothing, insulation, construction, sports turf, basket weaving and many others. The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns (turf) and grassland.
This album is a high production affair compliments of Barri near his zenith as producer. They scored hits with Glory Bound and The Runway. These three families are not closely related but belong to different clades in the order Poales. The Grass Roots continued with their winning formula and had remnants of the former band’s singing and song writing ability. The grasses include the "grass", of the family Poaceae (also called Gramineae), as well as the sedges ( Cyperaceae) and the rushes ( Juncaceae). Grasses are monocotyledon, herbaceous plants. Grass gets water from the roots in the ground. A common kind of grass is used to cover the ground in a lawn and other places. Grass is a plant with narrow leaves growing from the base.