Stats

Lifespan

Up to 100 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Pine savanna

Range

North America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Spines

Status

Rare

About

Wire grass is a tough, wiry plant that grows in sandy coastal pine forests. Its seeds have three sharp, twisted bristles that drill into the soil when it rains.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Aristida

Species

Aristida stricta