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Ornamental beauty in Winter Park, Colorado: Festuca glauca
We are visiting the ski town of Winter Park in Colorado (after a week stay at nearby Breckenridge), and two days back we had stopped at the Winter Park & Fraser Chamber building to inquire about hiking trails near the town. The rather large building serves as the welcome center for people staying at the…
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Overshadowed by a Golden Bamboo: Arundinaria tecta
We visited Tampa last weekend, and during a drive along a narrow street I suddenly spotted a vision that made me immediately stop. It was a tight clump of tall bamboo with stunning colored culms. It rose from the surrounding prosaic neighborhood like a risen golden angel, the attractive green leaves vibrating in the breeze.…
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The Scleropogoninae: Woolly Desert Critters Extraordinaire
Important: I have not yet been fortunate enough to meet any of these critters, so all five images are not mine and copyright to their respective authors. It takes real passion and obsession to be an enthusiastic Opie and an indefatigable grass scholar. Unlike many other angiosperms, grasses have minute flowering parts, and thus might…
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Hiding in the shadows
Important: I am in the process of getting a replacement, but unfortunately, due to damage to my flash during the hike at the Sherpa Steps or Nordkapptrappa (North Cape Staircase), in Honningsvåg, macrophotographs taken were of subpar quality, especially when lighting was low. I was thinking that I’ve pretty much scoured my own community for…
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Golden Barley is Wicked in the Land of Oz
Images not marked by Sejarah Poaceae are screenshots from the film Wicked by Universal Pictures. A vast open field of grass is frequently used as metaphor in cinema, whether it’s a field of wheat in Gladiator, a reed field in Marvel’s Moon Knight, or the corn fields in Interstellar. During a recent trip to the…
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Wanderings around the Lava Fields and Hot Springs in Grindavik, Iceland
Important: Unfortunately, due to damage to my flash during the hike at the Sherpa Steps or Nordkapptrappa (North Cape Staircase), in Honningsvåg, macrophotographs taken were of subpar quality, especially when lighting was low. Our final destination during our Arctic cruise was Reykjavik, Iceland. For two days we stayed in the seaside town of Grindavik, and…
Sejarah Poaceae (Volume 2)
The Story of Grasses – Grasslands and Grassy Open Ecosystems