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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Fraxinus americana, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Panicum virgatum, Calamagrostis canadensis, Allium tricoccum, Arisaema triphyllum, Rhododendron maximum, Conopholis americana, Campanula rotundifolia, Sarracenia purpurea, Ceanothus americanus, Viburnum opulus, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Rhus typhina, Symplocarpus foetidus, Cypripedium reginae, Cornus sericea, Pedicularis furbishiae, Vaccinium uliginosum, Asarum canadense, Allium canadense, Eurybia macrophylla, Lindera benzoin, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Goodyera repens, Lobelia inflata, Vaccinium angustifolium, Carex pensylvanica, Maianthemum canadense, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, Rhinanthus minor, Castilleja septentrionalis, Northern highbush blueberry, Platanthera leucophaea, Vallisneria americana, Montia fontana, Canadian blueberry, Crataegus iracunda, Calopogon tuberosus, Rhododendron groenlandicum, Utricularia cornuta, Viburnum acerifolium, Galearis spectabilis, Gentiana crinita, Scrophularia marilandica, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, Utricularia resupinata, Utricularia radiata, Drosera linearis. Excerpt: Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55 N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico. Switchgrass is one of the dominant species of the central North American tallgrass prairie and can be found in remnant prairies, in native grass pastures, and naturalized along roadsides. It is used primarily for soil conservation, forage production, game cover, as an ornamental grass, and more recently as a biomass crop for ethanol and butanol, in phytoremediation projects, fiber, electricity, and heat production and for biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Other common names for switchgrass include tall panic grass, Wobsqua grass, blackbent, tall pra...