12 Facts About Grasses

Grasses have stems that are hollow except at the nodes and narrow alternate leaves borne in two ranks.

Grasses are an important part of the vegetation in many other habitats, including wetlands, forests and tundra.

Grasses have adapted to conditions in lush rain forests, dry deserts, cold mountains and even intertidal habitats, and are currently the most widespread plant type; grass is a valuable source of food and energy for all sorts of wildlife.

Grasses are the dominant vegetation in many habitats, including grassland, salt-marsh, reedswamp and steppes.

Grasses provide food to many grazing mammals, as well as to many species of butterflies and moths.

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Grasses are eaten by omnivorous or even occasionally by primarily carnivorous animals.

Grasses are unusual in that the meristem is near the bottom of the plant; hence, grasses can quickly recover from cropping at the top.

Grasses are, in human terms, perhaps the most economically important plant family.

Grasses are used in the manufacture of thatch, paper, fuel, clothing, insulation, timber for fencing, furniture, scaffolding and construction materials, floor matting, sports turf and baskets.

Grasses are used as raw material for a multitude of purposes, including construction and in the composition of building materials such as cob, for insulation, in the manufacture of paper and board such as oriented structural straw board.

Grasses are used in water treatment systems, in wetland conservation and land reclamation, and used to lessen the erosional impact of urban storm water runoff.

Grasses are the primary plant used in lawns, which themselves derive from grazed grasslands in Europe.