Sentence examples for herbaceous grasses from inspiring English sources

Herbaceous grasses of the subfamily Bambusoideae are generally limited to lowland tropical forests, and some of them (e.g., Pariana) have overcome the relative absence of wind currents by evolving adaptations to insect pollination.

The core of the grasses of this subfamily consists of two more or less distinct major groups: the bamboos, or tree grasses, which are members of the canopy of tropical forests and of other vegetation types, and the herbaceous grasses of the Bambusoideae, which are restricted to the tropical forest understory.

Here, we review recent progress in understanding the effects of distinct cell wall polymers (cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin, pectin, wall proteins) on the enzymatic digestibility of biomass under various physical and chemical pretreatments in herbaceous grasses, major agronomic crops and fast-growing trees.

Vegetation used in erosion control programmes ranges from indigenous or introduced herbaceous grasses, legumes, and herbs through to woody vegetation comprising assorted shrub and tree species (Blanco and Lal 2008; Evette et al. 2009; Kuzovkina and Volk 2009; Wu et al. 2010).

and Brachypodium distachyon accessions to demonstrate the applicability of this assay for a wide range of feedstocks, from woody crops to herbaceous grasses.

In a literature review by Tao et al. [ 13] covering 742 data objects it was shown that straw of herbaceous grasses contains in average more than 3% ash and up to about 18% in rice.

Biomass production and allocation, relative competitive ability and water use efficiency of one C4 herbaceous grass (Bothriochloa ischaemum) and one C3 leguminous subshrub (Lespedeza davurica), both important species from the semiarid Loess Plateau of China, were investigated in a pot-cultivation experiment.

Thirty-four (34) and twenty-six (26) herbaceous grass species were recorded at the waterhole and protected kraal piospheres, respectively.

However, no global assessment of large-scale suitability for a variety of herbaceous, grass, and woody species has been conducted.

All the above-ground herbaceous plants, grasses, grass-like species, herbaceous legumes and other forbs collectively were clipped.

We related adult species-specific tree density to the herbaceous-grass cover, and pine and oak seedling and sapling densities to understory vegetation cover, canopy closure, and cattle grazing history.