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Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, And Allies
Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, And Allies
Poales
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual to Perennial
Size
Huge
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Global biomes
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Common

About

Grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies are flowering plants that have grass-like leaves, and can be found in the grasslands and wetlands of the world. The Poales order includes 14 families of plants, such as the grasses, bromeliads, rushes, and sedges.

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