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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: 27. Chapters: Naturalized grasses of Alabama, Panicum virgatum, Phragmites, Imperata cylindrica, Aegilops cylindrica, Cynodon dactylon, Spartina patens, St. Augustine Grass, Microstegium vimineum, Agrostis capillaris, Distichlis spicata, Arrhenatherum elatius, Andropogon virginicus, Agrostis gigantea, Juncus effusus, Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogon gerardii, Alopecurus pratensis, Agrostis scabra, Paspalum notatum, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Johnson grass, Bothriochloa barbinodis, Sporobolus vaginiflorus, Sporobolus cryptandrus, Chloris virgata, Phalaris angusta, Sorghastrum nutans, Chasmanthium latifolium, Alopecurus myosuroides, Panicum capillare, Sporobolus indicus, Bouteloua curtipendula, Leersia oryzoides, Andropogon glomeratus, Phalaris caroliniana, Eremochloa ophiuroides, Panicum dichotomiflorum, Agrostis elliottiana, Axonopus compressus, Aristida oligantha, Uniola paniculata, Tripsacum dactyloides, Muhlenbergia mexicana, Bromus ciliatus, Alopecurus carolinianus, Muhlenbergia filipes, Muhlenbergia schreberi, Anthoxanthum aristatum, Axonopus fissifolius, Aira caryophyllea, Aristida stricta, Elymus hystrix. 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 i...
