Subject: What is bunchgrass ?

From: Ivan Sache <[email-masked]>
Date: 19 Sep 1996 06:02:15 GMT

Is 'bunchgrass' a generic names for every kind of grass with a bunchy growth, or 
is it a specific grass (if yes, Latin name is welcomed) ?
T.I.A.

Ivan Sache
INRA - Plant Pathology
78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France

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From: Bryan Ness <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 11:52:35 -0700

> is it a specific grass (if yes, Latin name is welcomed) ?

Actually bunchgrass is used both as a general name for grasses like you
describe and as a part of the common name for some species.  For
example, Agropyron spicatum is sometimes called "wheat bunchgrass" and
several species of Festuca include bunchgrass as a part of their common
name.

Bryan Ness
Associate Professor of Biology