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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: 37. Chapters: Trees of Veracruz, Malpighia emarginata, Panicum virgatum, Ficus aurea, Pecan, Liquidambar styraciflua, Chayote, Cornus florida, Nyssa sylvatica, Ebenopsis ebano, Psychotria poeppigiana, Acacia berlandieri, Swietenia macrophylla, Acacia rigidula, Sabal mexicana, Desmanthus bicornutus, Ehretia anacua, Caesalpinia mexicana, Selenicereus spinulosus, Ficus insipida, Tradescantia pallida, Manilkara chicle, Cordia boissieri, Mexican White Pine, Acoelorrhaphe, Monstera deliciosa, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Zamia furfuracea, Abies religiosa, Orizaba Pinyon, Agave angustifolia, Castilla elastica, Tradescantia zebrina, Citharexylum berlandieri, Veracruz moist forests, Karwinskia humboldtiana, Schefflera morototoni, Erythrina coralloides, Schaefferia frutescens, Beaucarnea recurvata, Dipholis salicifolia, Dasylirion acrotrichum, Taxus globosa, Gongora unicolor. 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 prairiegrass, wild redtop, thatchgrass, and Virginia switchgrass. Root system of switchgrass grown at the Land InstituteSwitchgrass is a hardy, deep-rooted, perennial rhizomatous grass that begins g...
