grass family
Bamboo and wheat
The grass family is the group of plants scientifically known as Poaceae, including cereals like wheat, rice, and corn, as well as bamboo, sugarcane, and lawn grasses.
It ranks among the most economically important plant families, providing staple foods for most of humanity and forage for livestock.
- maizeCob-bearing cereal crop
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- riceStaple cereal grain
- barleyGrain for malt
- bambooTall woody grass
bluegrass · cordgrass · sea oats · fescue · teff · rye · bentgrass · Kentucky bluegrass · oats · millet · culm · needlegrass · sorghum · spikelet · sugarcane · bermudagrass · turfgrass · cereal
plant family taxonomy
grass familydicots
Two-seed-leaf plants
woody plants · Brassicaceae · Solanaceae · conifers · ferns