beargrass
Mountain meadow plant
Beargrass is any of several North American plants with tough, grass-like leaves.
The name most commonly applies to a mountain plant with a tall stalk of white flowers, native to the western United States: The alpine meadows were dotted with beargrass.
Other plants called beargrass include yuccas and certain sedges.
The fibrous leaves were traditionally used by Native Americans for weaving.
Recurring each year
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
- monocotOne-cotyledon flowering plant
- inflorescencePlant's complete bloom arrangement
- rhizomesHorizontal subterranean stem structures
foliage · montane · subalpine · clumping · evergreen · wildflower · native · drought-tolerant
Art of weaving containers
- coilingLooping around repeatedly
- plaitingInterweaving flexible strands
- twiningWrapping around spirally
- fibersThreadlike structural strands
cordage · matting · braiding · handwoven · indigenous · Salish · overlay · patterns
Egg-laying flying vertebrates
Evolved to survive flames
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- resproutingGrowing back from base
- disturbanceDisruption of order
- successionFollowing in order
perennial
Recurring each year
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
- monocotOne-cotyledon flowering plant
- inflorescencePlant's complete bloom arrangement
rhizomes · foliage · montane · subalpine · clumping · evergreen · wildflower · native · drought-tolerant · pollination
basketry
Art of weaving containers
- coilingLooping around repeatedly
- plaitingInterweaving flexible strands
- twiningWrapping around spirally
fibers · cordage · matting · braiding · handwoven · indigenous · Salish · overlay · patterns · ceremonial
birds
Egg-laying flying vertebrates
fire-adapted
Evolved to survive flames
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- resproutingGrowing back from base
- disturbanceDisruption of order
- American PlantsAmerican elm, aster, azalea, bluebonnets, bluebonnet
- mountain plantsalpine meadow, gentians, edelweiss, Indian paintbrush, mountain pine
- Northwest Florasagebrush, Douglas fir, salal, western hemlock, huckleberry
- Range Plantssagebrush, big sagebrush, rabbitbrush, saltbush, greasewood
- Western Plantssagebrush, juniper, Douglas fir, manzanita, Joshua tree
- Asparagus familyasparagus, agave, yucca, hyacinth, dracaena