grasses

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Swaths of the region are carpeted in grasses that each year grow and then die, creating what Acuña described as a patchwork of layers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Plants, from grasses to trees, act like natural pumps, pulling water from the soil and releasing it into the atmosphere.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

"They are eating different types of grasses and trampling areas that are important for wildlife," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

There are plugs of grasses and gallon pots of white sage, purple sage, California buckwheat, long-stem buckwheat, deerweed, narrow leaf milkweed and coyote bush.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

I find a bench beneath a live feed of Brazilian researchers studying the growth rates of various grasses.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston