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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: 166. Not illustrated. Chapters: Flora of Rhode Island, Kalmia Latifolia, Fraxinus Americana, Panicum Virgatum, Acer Rubrum, Liriodendron Tulipifera, Cornus Florida, Nyssa Sylvatica, Sassafras Albidum, Allium Tricoccum, Conopholis Americana, Rhododendron Maximum, Sarracenia Purpurea, Arisaema Triphyllum, Fraxinus Pennsylvanica, Rhus Typhina, Eastern Skunk Cabbage, Viburnum Lentago, Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi, Red Osier Dogwood, Asarum Canadense, Eurybia Macrophylla, Campanula Rotundifolia, Lindera Benzoin, Ilex Opaca, Lobelia Inflata, Ambrosia Artemisiifolia, Maianthemum Canadense, Symphyotrichum Novae-Angliae, Vaccinium Angustifolium, Vallisneria Americana, Allium Canadense, Northern Highbush Blueberry, Crataegus Iracunda, Calopogon Tuberosus, Utricularia Cornuta, Viburnum Acerifolium, Canadian Blueberry, Galearis Spectabilis, Scrophularia Marilandica, Utricularia Resupinata, Utricularia Radiata, Athyrium Asplenioides, Phacelia Purshii. Excerpt: Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season grass 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, fibre, 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 rhizo...
