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Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies of Zihuatanejo

ORDER POALES

-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Monocots (Class Liliopsida)​

-Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies (Order Poales)

-​Grasses Family Poaceae

-Subfamily Chloridoideae

-Tribe Cynodonteae

-Subtribe Eleusininae

-Bermuda Grasses (Genus Cynodon)

-Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon)


Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon) is a fast-growing, drought-resistant perennial grass that belongs to the Poaceae (Grass) family. It is widely used as turfgrass, forage for livestock, and ground cover for erosion control. Found in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions.

Bermuda Grass

Cynodon dactylon

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