Panicum fauriei
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Panicum fauriei is a species of grass
known by the common name Faurie's panicgrass. It is endemic to Hawaii
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There are at least three varieties of this grass species. One, var. carteri, Carter's panicgrass (formerly named Panicum carteri) is federally listed as an endangered species
of the United States.
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
known by the common name Faurie's panicgrass. It is endemic to Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
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There are at least three varieties of this grass species. One, var. carteri, Carter's panicgrass (formerly named Panicum carteri) is federally listed as an endangered species
Endangered species
An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters...
of the United States.