Grasses - A Natural Family of Plants

To the popular mind, grasses are only herbaceous ants with narrow leaves. But in the grass family sugar cane and bamboos are also included. As grasses form an exceedingly natural family, it is very difficult for beginners to readily distinguish them from one another. The recognition of even our common grasses is quite a task for a botanist. We shall begin our study by selecting as a type, one of the species of the genus panicum.