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Catalogue of the New World Grasses (Poaceae). R. J. Soreng et al, Missouri Botanical Garden. This catalogue is a systematic database of the grass taxa of the New World ranging from Alaska and Greenland to Tierra del Fuego. You can search for names by a keyword search or from a list of accepted names. The species information provided is classification, distribution, type locality, and the general level of acceptance of the name by systematists.

Grass Genera of the World. L. Watson and M. Dallwitz. This site is a reference to the grass genera of the world with descriptions of each genus and sometimes figures of typical species.

Manual of North American Grasses. Despite its name, this site at present consists of a checklist of the grass species of North America.

Grasses of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. S. Aiken, L. Consaul, and M. Dallwitz. Grasses of the Canadian Arctic with species information, distribution maps, and photographs.

Technical Key to Common Grass Genera of Minnestoa. Anita f. Cholewa. A key to the more common grass genera of Minnesota.

Range Grasses of Florida. J. Mullahey and G. Tanner. Information on the species of grasses found in Floridian pastures. There is also a glossary of grass terms used in the site.

Grass Images. Bioinformatics Working Group. Pictures of several grass species.

Checklist of the Grasses of Montana. A checklist of the grasses of Montana with a little descriptive information about each.

Festuca of North America. S. Aiken, M. Dallwitz, C. McJannet, L. Consaul. The North American species of the genus Festuca are found at this site with species descriptions, distributions maps, and photographs.

America Bamboo Society. This site has a short introduction to bamboos. It also has a downloadable text file bibliography on bamboos. Otherwise the site is primarily about cultivated species of bamboos.

 

 

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