Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies  of Zihuatanejo

ORDER POALES

Guinea Grass

Megathyrsus maximus

• Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

• Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

• Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

• Monocots (Class Liliopsida)

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

Leaves are light green/blue-green. Flowers are borne in reddish spikelets. It grows in open areas, grassland, riparian habitat, disturbed areas, crops, orchards, vineyards, roadsides, and scrub.