Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical grassland

Range

The Americas

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Status

Uncommon

About

This creeping grass blankets damp, shaded forest floors in thick green mats. Its flat stems grow horizontally and sprout roots at every joint to anchor into the soil.

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

Axonopus

Species

Axonopus compressus