Wikipedia / Wiregrass
Wikipedia / Wiregrass
Wiregrass is a common name for several plants.
Wiregrass may refer to:
Poaceae grasses
Aristida (three-awns), especially Aristida stricta (Pineland Three-awn), Aristida junciformis and Aristida purpurea (Purple Three-awn), of subfamily Arundinoideae
Eleusine indica (Indian Goosegrass) of subfamily Eragrostideae
Sporobolus indicus (Smutgrass) of subfamily Chloridoideae
Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda Grass) of subfamily Chloridoideae
Ventenata dubia of subfamily Pooideae, native to the Mediterranean and naturalized in western North America
Other plants
Juncus tenuis (Slender Rush) of the rush family
Polygonum arenastrum (Common Knotweed) of the knotweed family
See also
Wiregrass Region, an area of the Southern United States encompassing parts of southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, and named for its abundance of Aristida stricta