Eriochloa sericea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eriochloa
- Species
- Eriochloa sericea
- Scientific Name
- Eriochloa sericea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Eriochloa sericea
Eriochloa sericea is a species of grass known by the common name Texas cupgrass. It is native to Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas in the United States and to northern Mexico.
This perennial grass grows up to 3.5 feet tall and forms tufts.
In the wild this grass grows on prairies on rocky, loamy soils.
This is a good grass for grazing livestock. It withstands moderate grazing pressure but not overgrazing.
...Eriochloa sericea in languages:
- English
- Texas cup grass
- English
- Texas cupgrass
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Eriochloa acuminata
- Eriochloa aristata
- Eriochloa australiensis
- Eriochloa barbatus
- Eriochloa contracta
- Eriochloa crebra
- Eriochloa distachya
- Eriochloa lemmonii
- Eriochloa macclounii
- Eriochloa meyeriana
- Eriochloa michauxii
- Eriochloa nana
- Eriochloa nelsonii
- Eriochloa pacifica
- Eriochloa parvispiculata
- Eriochloa procera
- Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha
- Eriochloa punctata
- Eriochloa sericea
- Eriochloa stapfiana
- Eriochloa succincta
- Eriochloa villosa
- Eriochloa weberbaueri



























































































































































