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TALL GRASS [17 records]

Record 1 2022-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • tall bulbous oat grass
  • bulbous oat grass
  • tall oat grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • tall threeawned grass
  • tall threeawn
  • bristlegrass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Aristida sciurus : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • tall spear grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Stipa pubescens : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

OBS

tall mannagrass: common name also used to refer to the species Glyceria elata.

OBS

reed mannagrass: common name also used to refer to the species Glyceria maxima.

Key term(s)
  • tall manna grass
  • American manna grass
  • common tall manna grass
  • reed manna grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

OBS

tall mannagrass: common name also used to refer to the species Glyceria grandis.

Key term(s)
  • tall manna grass
  • tufted tall manna grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Gramineae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Graminées.

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Forage Crops
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows.

OBS

tall oatgrass: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

Key term(s)
  • tall oat-grass
  • false oat-grass
  • false oat grass
  • common oat-grass
  • common oat grass
  • French rye-grass
  • French rye grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

fenasse : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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Record 8 2014-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Biomass Energy
Universal entry(ies)
Panicum virgatum
correct, Latin
DEF

[A] perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico.

OBS

Used primarily for soil conservation, forage production, game cover, as an ornamental grass, and more recently as a biomass crop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Énergie de la biomasse
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Panicum virgatum
correct, Latin
OBS

Graminée vivace, mauvaise herbe utilisée comme fourrage aux États-Unis.

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • Komarov's tall manna-grass
  • Komarov's tall manna grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 10 2011-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • narrow alkali-grass
  • narrow alkali grass
  • tall alkali-grass
  • tall alkali grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 11 2009-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Brassicaceae.

Key term(s)
  • tall whitlow-grass
  • tall whitlow grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Brassicaceae.

Spanish

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Record 12 1997-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
DEF

A vegetation zone in the Canadian great plains consisting mainly of tall grass species.

OBS

Term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

Zone de végétation dans les grandes plaines de l'Ouest canadien caractérisée par des herbes longues.

OBS

prairie à herbes hautes; prairie d'herbes hautes; haute prairie : termes en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 13 1995-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
OBS

short grass; herbe basse (dans l'Ouest canadien et américain) UAS; 11 steppe à hautes herbes:120

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

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Record 14 1994-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)

Spanish

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Record 15 1993-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
OBS

Wildlife Habitat Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
OBS

Habitat faunique Canada.

Spanish

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Record 16 1993-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
OBS

Habitat faunique Canada continue de participer à ce projet.

Spanish

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Record 17 1987-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant and Crop Production
OBS

Aritagrostis latifolia var arundinacea, graminée du Grand nord

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Cultures (Agriculture)

Spanish

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