bunchgrass
Dense tuft grass
Bunchgrass is any grass that grows in distinct clumps or tufts rather than spreading by runners to form a continuous lawn.
Native to prairies and rangelands, bunchgrasses leave bare soil visible between plants: The hillside was dotted with bunchgrass and sagebrush.
Common varieties include fescue and bluebunch wheatgrass.
Clump of coarse grass
- clumpingForming into lumps
- perennialRecurring each year
- rhizomeHorizontal underground plant stem
- bluestemPerennial prairie grass
fescue · switchgrass · buffalograss · needlegrass · blue grama · culm · inflorescence · seed head
Treeless Eurasian grassland
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
biodiversity · native plants · keystone species · wildlife · pollinator · carbon sequestration · restoration · endemic
African open grassland
- pampasSouth American treeless plains
- llanoFlat, treeless grassland
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- moorlandOpen uncultivated upland
downs · upland · plain · plateau · outback · campo · shortgrass · tallgrass
Seek food actively
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- bisonLarge wild ox
herbivores · fodder · palatability · browse · carrying capacity · overgrazing · regrowth · stockpile
tussock
Clump of coarse grass
bluestem · fescue · switchgrass · buffalograss · needlegrass · blue grama · culm · inflorescence · seed head · dormancy
steppe
Treeless Eurasian grassland
habitat · biodiversity · native plants · keystone species · wildlife · pollinator · carbon sequestration · restoration · endemic · conservation
veld
African open grassland
moorland · downs · upland · plain · plateau · outback · campo · shortgrass · tallgrass · open range
forage
Seek food actively
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
bison · herbivores · fodder · palatability · browse · carrying capacity · overgrazing · regrowth · stockpile · ruminants
- grassesbluegrass, bermudagrass, fescue, ryegrass, bentgrass
- Range Plantssagebrush, big sagebrush, rabbitbrush, saltbush, greasewood
- Pampaspampas, estancia, gauchos, plains, flatlands
- sagebrush steppesagebrush, big sagebrush, Artemisia, rabbitbrush, greasewood
- steppe plantsneedlegrass, wormwood, sagebrush, feathergrass, fescue
- Sandhillsdunes, rangeland, grasslands, rolling hills, native grasses
bunchgrasslawn grass
Cultivated yard vegetation
Kentucky bluegrass · Bermuda grass · sod · buffalo grass · buffalograss
bunch, grass, grassy, grassland, bunched, bunching, bunchy, unbunched