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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: 29. Chapters: Maize, Panicum virgatum, Phragmites, Bouteloua dactyloides, Blue grama, Distichlis spicata, Nassella, Agrostis scabra, Hesperostipa comata, Muhlenbergia asperifolia, Paspalum notatum, Koeleria macrantha, Bothriochloa barbinodis, Sporobolus cryptandrus, Chloris virgata, Elymus glaucus, Aristida purpurea, Chasmanthium latifolium, Bouteloua hirsuta, Hilaria, Distichlis palmeri, Pleuraphis rigida, Sporobolus indicus, Achnatherum speciosum, Vulpia octoflora, Dasyochloa, Distichlis bajaensis, Agrostis elliottiana, Aristida oligantha, Muhlenbergia utilis, Uniola paniculata, Achnatherum pinetorum, Pleuraphis jamesii, Achnatherum aridum, Bromus ciliatus, Muhlenbergia filiformis, Imperata brevifolia, Muhlenbergia porteri, Sporobolus contractus, Sporobolus flexuosus, Deschampsia elongata, Panicum hirticaule, Spartina gracilis, Tridens muticus, Munroa squarrosa, Panicum urvilleanum, Enneapogon desvauxii, Scleropogon, Aristida californica, Muhlenbergia minutissima, Bouteloua trifida, Tripsacum laxum, Poa bigelovii, Festuca arizonica. Excerpt: Maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays, pronounced; from Spanish: after Taino mahiz, ) known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable or starch. The Olmec and Mayans cultivated it in numerous varieties throughout central and southern Mexico, cooked, ground or processed through nixtamalization. Between 1700 and 1250 BCE, the crop spread through much of the Americas. The region developed a trade network based on surplus and varieties of maize crops. After European contact with the Americas in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, explorers and traders carried...
