Crypsis (genus)
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Crypsis is a genus of grasses
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...

 sometimes referred to as pricklegrass. These are short-leafed annual grasses native to Eurasia and Africa. Some species are known on other continents as introduced species
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...

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Species:
  • Crypsis aculeata
  • Crypsis acuminata
  • Crypsis alopecuroides
    Crypsis alopecuroides
    Crypsis alopecuroides is a species of grass known by the common name foxtail pricklegrass. It is native to Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. It is also known in the western United States as a common and widespread introduced species, especially in sandy areas around water, such as lakesides...

    - foxtail pricklegrass
  • Crypsis factorovskyi
  • Crypsis hadjikyriakou
  • Crypsis minuartioides
  • Crypsis schoenoides
    Crypsis schoenoides
    Crypsis schoenoides is a species of grass known by the common names swamp pricklegrass, swamp timothy, and cowpond grass. This grass is native to Europe but it is present in most other continents where it was introduced and took hold. This is an annual grass with purple-tinted green stems which...

    - swamp pricklegrass
  • Crypsis turkestanica
  • Crypsis vaginiflora
    Crypsis vaginiflora
    Crypsis vaginiflora is a species of grass known by the common name modest pricklegrass. It is native to North Africa but it can be found in other parts of the world as an introduced species, including the western United States, particularly California, where it is common in wet habitat such as...

    - modest pricklegrass

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