Grass
common name for a group of plants. For the taxonomic class see Q43238
Grass is a type of plant with narrow leaves growing from the Base. Their appearance as a common plant was in the mid-Cretaceous period. There are 12,000 species now.[3]
Grasses
Temporal range: Albian–Present
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Flowering head of meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Monocots
Clade:
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Clade:
Graminid clade
Family:
Poaceae
John Hendley Barnhart[2]
Type genus
Poa
L.
Much grass is used to cover the ground in places such as lawns and parks. Grass is usually the color green. That is because they are pollinated by wind rather than insect pollinators, so they do not have to attract insects. Green is the best color for photosynthesis.
Grasslands such as savanna and prairie are where grasses are dominant. They cover 40.5% of the land area of the Earth, but not Green