bunchgrass
noun
bunch·grass
ˈbənch-ˌgras 
: any of various grasses (as of the genus Andropogon) especially of the western U.S. that grow in tufts
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These and other prairie plants provide an ideal habitat for hundreds of pollinators and insect species including bunchgrass skippers and dreamy dusky wing butterflies.
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Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
For dryer slopes, start with hardy bunchgrasses such as California brome (Bromus californicus), California meadow barley (Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum), and blue wildrye (Elymus glaucus).
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
With an elevation of 2,340 feet, this trail sits within a 500-acre area filled with Ponderosa Pine, bunchgrass meadows wrapping around steep hillsides, and plenty of wildlife.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2022
Not many will say grasses, let alone our native bunchgrass species.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2021
So rather than tract housing, the prairies are home to rare and unusual plants and insects, such as the Acadian hairstreak, bunchgrass skipper and dusky wing butterflies.
—Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
Divide crowded bunchgrasses by trimming the tops down, digging, and slicing through the root ball; replant and water deeply.
—Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 16 Mar. 2020
Then, falling out of the Capitan Mountains, the world turned to bunchgrass, rocks and dirt, and busted windmills.
—T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 10 Mar. 2020
Native bunchgrasses are good winter homes for beneficial insects such as ladybugs, and perennial flowering plants are food for pollinators and birds.
—Patrice Hanlon, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2017
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Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
For dryer slopes, start with hardy bunchgrasses such as California brome (Bromus californicus), California meadow barley (Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum), and blue wildrye (Elymus glaucus).
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
With an elevation of 2,340 feet, this trail sits within a 500-acre area filled with Ponderosa Pine, bunchgrass meadows wrapping around steep hillsides, and plenty of wildlife.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2022
Not many will say grasses, let alone our native bunchgrass species.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2021
So rather than tract housing, the prairies are home to rare and unusual plants and insects, such as the Acadian hairstreak, bunchgrass skipper and dusky wing butterflies.
—Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
Divide crowded bunchgrasses by trimming the tops down, digging, and slicing through the root ball; replant and water deeply.
—Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 16 Mar. 2020
Then, falling out of the Capitan Mountains, the world turned to bunchgrass, rocks and dirt, and busted windmills.
—T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 10 Mar. 2020
Native bunchgrasses are good winter homes for beneficial insects such as ladybugs, and perennial flowering plants are food for pollinators and birds.
—Patrice Hanlon, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2017
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bunchgrass
noun
bunch·grass
ˈbənch-ˌgras
: any of several grasses chiefly of the western U.S. that grow in bunches
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