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  Sugarcane

  Sugarcane, or sugar cane, is any of six to thirty-seven species (depending on taxonomic system) of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae). Native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in...
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  Phleum

  Phleum (catstail or timothy-grass) is a genus of about 15 species of annual and perennial grasses. The genus is native to Europe, Asia and north Africa, with one species (P. alpinum) also in North and South America. They are tufted grasses growing to 20-150 cm tall, with cylindrical flowerheads...
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  Poa

  Poa is a genus of about 500 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), and speargrass. 'Poa' is greek for fodder. Bluegrass, which has...
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  Arundinaria

  Arundinaria, commonly known as the canes, is the sole temperate genus of bamboo native to the New World (though several others exist in the American tropics). The genus is endemic to the eastern United States from New Jersey south to Florida and west to Ohio and Texas. Within this region they are...
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  Brachypodium

  Brachypodium is a genus of grasses. There are 15 to 18 species found in temperate and subtropical areas around the world.
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  Lemongrass

  Cymbopogon (lemongrass) is a genus of about 55 species of grasses, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World and Oceania. It is a tall perennial grass. Common names include lemon grass, lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, citronella grass, fever grass or Hierba Luisa...
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  Dissanthelium

  Dissanthelium is a genus of grasses native to the Americas, especially in the Andes of South America. One of the two species native to North America, the California dissanthelium, was thought to be extinct until a single population was discovered on Santa Catalina Island, California, in 2005. Other...
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  Enneapogon

  Enneapogon is a genus of grasses known generally as pappusgrass or feather pappusgrass. These perennial grass species are found in warm temperate areas worldwide. They have small, narrow inflorescences. Species include:
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  Andropogon

  Andropogon (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a genus of grasses. Andropogon gerardii, big bluestem, is the official state grass of Illinois. Broomsedge is found along the eastern United States. It can grow to about 4 feet (1.2 m) high and its stalk can be used to make...

• Erioneuron

  Erioneuron is a genus of grasses sometimes called by the common name woollygrass. There are only three to five species, all of which are native to South and Central America and the southern half of North America. These are tufty grasses with hairy spikelets. Species include: