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Bamboo being the obvious exception of a grass that really wants to be a tree.
by jameshart 4y ago
Bamboo being the obvious exception of a grass that really wants to be a tree.
- mankyd 4y agoAnd Palm "Trees".
- throwawaylinux 4y agoPalms are not grasses.
- mankyd 4y agoIs that true? Most of the internet says they are, and I first learned it from a local guide several years back.
- jacobolus 4y agoPer Wikipedia, under the clade commelinids there are 4 orders: Arecales (palms) Commelinales (spiderwort, water hyacinth) Poales (grasses, rushes, bromeliads) Zingiberales (gingers, banana) So depending on how you measure, palms and "grasses" are distinct but closely related groups of plants.
- shagie 4y agoAll grasses are monocots (single part seeds) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocotyledon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocotyledon and its got things like corn, oats, lawn grasses, wheat, horsetail grass ... and sugar cane, bamboo, Joshua trees, and palm trees.