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Plants of Hawaii
Poaceae
(Grass family)
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Agrostis sandwicensis
(bentgrass)
Endemic
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Agrostis stolonifera
(creeping bentgrass)
Naturalized
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Aira caryophyllea
(silver hairgrass)
Naturalized
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Andropogon bicornis
(barbas de indio)
Naturalized
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Andropogon glomeratus
(bushy bluestem)
Naturalized
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Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus
(bushy bluestem)
Naturalized
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Andropogon virginicus
(broomsedge)
Naturalized
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Anthoxanthum odoratum
(sweet vernalgrass)
Naturalized
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Arrhenatherum elatius
(arrhenatherum)
Naturalized
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Arundo donax
(giant reed)
Naturalized
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Avena nuda
(hulless oats)
Cultivated
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Avena sativa
(oat)
Naturalized
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Axonopus compressus
(wide-leaved carpetgrass)
Naturalized
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Axonopus fissifolius
(narrow-leaved carpetgrass)
Naturalized
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Bambusa glaucophylla
(dwarf Malay bamboo)
Cultivated
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Bambusa lako
(Timor black bamoo)
Cultivated
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Bambusa multiplex
(hedge bamboo)
Cultivated
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Bambusa oldhamii
(giant timber bamboo, Oldham's bamboo, old hamii)
Cultivated
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Bambusa textilis
(weaver's bamboo)
Cultivated
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Bambusa ventricosa
(buddha belly bamboo)
Cultivated
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Bambusa vulgaris
(common bamboo, giant yellow clumping bamboo)
Cultivated
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Bothriochloa barbinodis
(fuzzy top)
Naturalized
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Bothriochloa bladhii
(airport grass)
Naturalized
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Bothriochloa laguroides
(beardgrass)
Naturalized
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Bothriochloa pertusa
(pitted beardgrass)
Naturalized
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Bothriochloa sp.
(beardgrass)
Naturalized
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Briza maxima
(big quaking grass)
Naturalized
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Briza minor
(little quaking grass)
Naturalized
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Bromus catharticus
(rescue grass)
Naturalized
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Bromus diandrus
(ripgut grass)
Naturalized
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Bromus hordeaceus
(soft chess)
Naturalized
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Bromus rubens
(red brome)
Naturalized
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Bromus sp.
(bromus)
Naturalized
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Bromus tectorum
(cheat grass)
Naturalized
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Buchloe dactyloides
(buffalo grass)
Cultivated
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Calamagrostis expansa
(reedgrass)
Endemic
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Cenchrus advena
(purple fountain grass, foreign fountain grass)
Cultivated
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Cenchrus agrimonioides var. agrimonioides
(kamanomano)
Endemic
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Cenchrus ciliaris
(buffel grass)
Naturalized
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Cenchrus clandestinus
(Kikuyu grass)
Naturalized
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Cenchrus echinatus
(sandbur)
Naturalized
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Cenchrus polystachios
(missiongrass, thin napiergrass, feathery pennisetum)
Naturalized
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Cenchrus purpureus
(cane grass, elephant grass, napier grass)
Naturalized
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Cenchrus purpureus x americanus
(Pearl millet x dwarf napier)
Cultivated
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Cenchrus purpureus x glaucum
(pearl millet x banagrass hybrid)
Cultivated
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Cenchrus setaceus
(fountain grass)
Naturalized
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Cenchrus setigerus
(cenchrus)
Naturalized
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Cenchrus sp.
(unknown cenchrus grass)
Naturalized
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Cenchrus tribuloides
(sanddune sandbur)
Naturalized
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Chloris barbata
(swollen fingergrass)
Naturalized
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Chloris gayana
(Rhodes grass)
Naturalized
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Chloris radiata
(radiate fingergrass)
Naturalized
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Chloris sp.
(fingergrass)
Naturalized
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Chloris virgata
(Feather fingergrass)
Naturalized
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Chrysopogon aciculatus
(manienie ula, golden beardgrass)
Indigenous?
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Chrysopogon zizanioides
(vetiver grass)
Cultivated
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Coix lachryma-jobi
(Job's tears)
Naturalized
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Cortaderia jubata
(pampas grass)
Naturalized
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Cortaderia selloana
(pampas grass)
Naturalized
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Cortaderia sp.
(pampas grass)
Naturalized
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Cymbopogon citratus
(lemon grass)
Cultivated
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Cymbopogon refractus
(barbwire grass)
Naturalized
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Cynodon dactylon
(Bermuda grass)
Naturalized
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Cynodon nlemfuensis
(African Bermudagrass)
Cultivated
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Dactylis glomerata
(cocksfoot)
Naturalized
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Dactyloctenium aegyptium
(beach wiregrass)
Naturalized
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Dendrocalamus asper
(giant bamboo)
Cultivated
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Deschampsia nubigena
(hairgrass)
Endemic
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Dichanthium aristatum
(Angleton bluestem)
Naturalized
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Dichelachne crinita
(dichelachne)
Naturalized
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Dichelachne micrantha
(short-haired plum grass)
Naturalized
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Digitaia violascens
(violet crab grass)
Naturalized
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Digitaria abyssinica
(African couchgrass, Abyssinian finger grass)
Naturalized
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Digitaria ciliaris
(Henry's crab grass)
Naturalized
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Digitaria eriantha
(pangola grass)
Naturalized
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Digitaria insularis
(sourgrass)
Naturalized
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Digitaria setigera
(kukae puaa)
Indigenous
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Digitaria sp.
(crab grass)
Naturalized
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Digitaria violascens
(violet crabgrass)
Naturalized
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Distichlis spicata
(distichlis, saltgrass)
Naturalized
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Echinochloa colona
(jungle-rice)
Naturalized
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Echinochloa crus-galli
(barnyard grass)
Naturalized
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Ehrharta calycina
(perennial veldt grass)
Naturalized
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Ehrharta erecta
(panic veldt grass, ehrharta, Lamarck's ehrharta)
Naturalized
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Ehrharta stipoides
(meadow rice grass)
Naturalized
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Eleusine indica
(wire grass, goose grass)
Naturalized
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Eragrostis amabilis
(love grass)
Naturalized
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Eragrostis atropioides
(eragrostis)
Endemic
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Eragrostis brownei
(sheepgrass)
Naturalized
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Eragrostis cilianensis
(stink grass)
Naturalized
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Eragrostis curvula
(weeping lovegrass)
Naturalized
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Eragrostis deflexa
(eragrostis)
Endemic
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Eragrostis grandis
(eragrostis)
Endemic
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Eragrostis monticola
(kalamalo)
Endemic
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Eragrostis paupera
(dwarf eragrostis)
Indigenous
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Eragrostis pectinacea
(Carolina love grass)
Naturalized
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Eragrostis sp.
(eragrostis)
Endemic
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Eragrostis superba
(Wilmann love grass)
Naturalized
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Eragrostis unioloides
(eragrostis)
Naturalized
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Eragrostis variabilis
(emoloa, kawelu)
Endemic
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Eriochloa procera
(tropical cupgrass)
Naturalized
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Eriochloa sp.
(eriochloa)
Naturalized
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Eustachys petraea
(pinewoods fingergrass)
Naturalized
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Festuca bromoides
(brome fescue)
Naturalized
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Festuca glauca
(blue fescue)
Cultivated
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Festuca myuros
(rat tail fescue)
Naturalized
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Festuca rubra
(red fescue)
Naturalized
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Festuca sp.
(fescue)
Naturalized
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Gastridium ventricosum
(nit grass)
Naturalized
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Gigantochloa atroviolacea
(tropical black bamboo, Java black)
Cultivated
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Gigantochloa atter
(bamboo)
Cultivated
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Gigantochloa sp.
(Malay dwarf bamboo)
Cultivated
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Guadua angustifolia
(Columbian thorny bamboo)
Cultivated
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Hemarthria altissima
(limpo grass, swamp couch, red swamp grass)
Naturalized
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Heteropogon contortus
(pili, pili grass)
Indigenous?
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Holcus lanatus
(Yorkshire fog)
Naturalized
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Hordeum vulgare
(barley)
Cultivated
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Hyparrhenia dregeana
(silky thatching grass)
Naturalized
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Hyparrhenia rufa
(thatching grass)
Naturalized
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Hyparrhenia sp.
(thatching grass)
Naturalized
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Isachne distichophylla
(ohe)
Endemic
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Ischaemum byrone
(ischaemum)
Endemic
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Lachnagrostis filiformis
(heupueo)
Indigenous
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Leptochloa fusca subsp. uninervia
(sprangletop)
Naturalized
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Lepturus repens
(lepturus)
Indigenous
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Lolium multiflorum
(Italian ryegrass)
Cultivated
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Lolium perenne
(perennial ryegrass)
Naturalized
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Lolium sp.
(rye grass)
Naturalized
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Megathyrsus maximus
(Guinea grass)
Naturalized
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Melinis minutiflora
(molasses grass)
Naturalized
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Melinis repens
(Natal red top)
Naturalized
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Muhlenbergia capillaris
(pink hair grass)
Cultivated
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Nassella tenuissima
(Mexican feather grass)
Naturalized
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Nastus elatus
(nastus bamboo)
Cultivated
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Oplismenus hirtellus
(basketgrass, bamboo grass)
Naturalized
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Oryza sp.
(rice)
Cultivated
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Otatea acuminata subsp. aztecorum
(Mexican weeping bamboo)
Cultivated
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Panicum antidotale
(giant panic grass)
Naturalized
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Panicum bambastii
(blue panic grass)
Cultivated
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Panicum coloratum
(kleingrass)
Naturalized
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Panicum fauriei
(panicum)
Endemic
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Panicum fauriei var. carteri
(panicum)
Endemic
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Panicum fauriei var. fauriei
(panicum)
Endemic
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Panicum fauriei var. latius
(panicum)
Endemic
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Panicum hillebrandianum
(dicanthelium)
Endemic
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Panicum konaense
(panicum)
Endemic
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Panicum nephelophilum
(konakona)
Endemic
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Panicum pellitum
(panicum)
Endemic
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Panicum repens
(torpedo grass)
Naturalized
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Panicum sp.
(panicum)
Endemic
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Panicum tenuifolium
(mountain pili)
Endemic
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Panicum torridum
(konakona)
Endemic
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Panicum virgatum
(switchgrass)
Cultivated
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Panicum xerophilum
(konakona)
Endemic
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Paspalum atratum
(atra paspalum)
Cultivated
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Paspalum conjugatum
(Hilo grass)
Naturalized
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Paspalum dilatatum
(dallis grass)
Naturalized
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Paspalum fimbriatum
(fimbriate paspalum, Panama paspalum, Columbia grass)
Naturalized
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Paspalum mandiocanum var. mandiocanum
(broad leaf paspalum)
Naturalized
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Paspalum notatum
(bahia grass)
Naturalized
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Paspalum plicatulum
(brownseed paspalum)
Cultivated
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Paspalum scrobiculatum
(ricegrass)
Indigenous?
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Paspalum setaceum
(paspalum)
Naturalized
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Paspalum sp.
(paspalum)
Naturalized
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Paspalum urvillei
(vasey grass)
Naturalized
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Paspalum vaginatum
(seashore paspalum)
Naturalized
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Phalaris aquatica
(bulbous canary grass)
Naturalized
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Phalaris sp.
(phalaris)
Cultivated
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Phleum pratense
(phleum)
Naturalized
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Phragmites australis
(common reed)
Naturalized
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Phyllostachys nigra
(black bamboo)
Naturalized
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Poa annua
(annual bluegrass)
Naturalized
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Poa pratensis
(Kentucky bluegrass)
Naturalized
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Polypogon interruptus
(ditch polypogon)
Naturalized
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Polypogon monspeliensis
(Annual beard grass, Rabbitfoot grass)
Naturalized
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Polypogon sp.
(polypogon)
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Rytidosperma pilosum
(rytidosperma)
Naturalized
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Rytidosperma semiannulare
(rytidosperma)
Naturalized
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Rytidosperma sp.
(rytidosperma)
Naturalized
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Saccharum officinarum
(ko, sugarcane)
Cultivated
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Saccharum sp.
(cane)
Cultivated
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Saccharum spontaneum
(wild sugarcane)
Cultivated
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Sacciolepis indica
(Glenwood grass)
Naturalized
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Schedonorus arundinaceus
(festuca)
Naturalized
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Schizachyrium condensatum
(tufted beardgrass)
Naturalized
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Schizostachyum brachycladum
(sacred Bali bamboo)
Cultivated
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Secale cereale
(rye)
Cultivated
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Setaria palmifolia
(palmgrass)
Naturalized
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Setaria parviflora
(yellow foxtail)
Naturalized
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Setaria sphacelata
(African bristle grass)
Naturalized
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Setaria sphacelata var. anceps
(golden millet)
Cultivated
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Setaria verticillata
(bristly foxtail)
Naturalized
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Sorghum bicolor
(sorghum)
Naturalized
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Sorghum halepense
(Johnson grass)
Naturalized
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Sorghum sp.
(sorghum)
Naturalized
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Sporobolus diandrus
(Indian dropseed)
Naturalized
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Sporobolus domingensis
(coral dropseed)
Naturalized
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Sporobolus elongatus
(rat tail grass)
Naturalized
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Sporobolus indicus
(smutgrass)
Naturalized
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Sporobolus piliferus
(dropseed)
Naturalized
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Sporobolus pyramidatus
(dropseed)
Naturalized
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Sporobolus sp.
(dropseed)
Naturalized
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Sporobolus virginicus
(akiaki)
Indigenous
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Stenotaphrum secundatum
(St. Augustine grass, centipede grass)
Naturalized
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Tragus berteronianus
(bur grass)
Naturalized
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Tripsacum dactyloides
(Eastern gamagrass)
Cultivated
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Trisetum glomeratum
(pili uka)
Endemic
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Trisetum inaequale
(trisetum)
Endemic
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Triticum aestivum
(bread wheat)
Cultivated
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Triticum compactum
(club wheat)
Cultivated
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Triticum dicoccum
(emmer, farro)
Cultivated
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Triticum durum
(durum wheat, pasta wheat)
Cultivated
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Triticum spelta
(Spelt)
Cultivated
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Triticum turanicum
(Khorasan wheat, Kamut wheat)
Cultivated
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Unknown bamboo
(unknown bamboo)
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Unknown poaceae
(unknown grass)
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Urochloa brizantha
(palisade grass)
Cultivated
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Urochloa decumbens
(signal grass)
Naturalized
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Urochloa humidicola
(creeping signal grass, koronivia grass)
Cultivated
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Urochloa mutica
(California grass, para grass)
Naturalized
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Urochloa plantaginea
(brachiaria)
Naturalized
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Zea mays
(corn)
Cultivated
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Zizania latifolia
(Manchurian rice grass)
Naturalized
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Zoysia sp.
(zoysia grass)
Cultivated
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