Koeleria
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Koeleria is a genus of true 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...

 which includes species known generally as Junegrasses. The genus was named after German botanist Georg Ludwig Koeler.

Selected species:
  • Koeleria asiatica - Eurasian Junegrass
  • Koeleria caudata
  • Koeleria glauca
    Koeleria glauca
    Koeleria glauca is a grass species of the genus Koeleria. It grows in dunes and other sandy places. It is mainly distributed in eastern Central Europe, with its western outposts in the coastal dunes of Jutland and inland dunes in the Rhine Valley....

  • Koeleria grandis - blue hair grass
  • Koeleria macrantha
    Koeleria macrantha
    Koeleria macrantha is a species of grass known by the common name prairie Junegrass. In the UK it is known as Crested hair-grass. It is native to much of North America, from Alaska to California, from northern Mexico to the Eastern United States...

    - prairie Junegrass
  • Koeleria pyramidata
    Koeleria pyramidata
    Koeleria pyramidata is a grass species of the genus Koeleria. It grows in calcareous grasslands in northern and eastern Europe.-External links:*Flora Europaea *Nordic virtual flora...

  • Koeleria vallesiana
    Koeleria vallesiana
    Koeleria vallesiana is a grass species of the genus Koeleria. It grows in Europe, temperate Asia, and North America.-References and external links:*...

    - Somerset hair grass

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