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Dactylis glomerata (Cocksfoot or Cocksfoot Grass) is a common grass, native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ...
Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants...
It has been suggested that Angiospermae, and Anthophyta be merged into this article or section. ...
Liliopsida is the botanical name for a class. ...
families see text Poales is a botanical name at the rank of order. ...
Subfamilies There are 7 subfamilies: Subfamily Arundinoideae Subfamily Bambusoideae Subfamily Centothecoideae Subfamily Chloridoideae Subfamily Panicoideae Subfamily Pooideae Subfamily Stipoideae The true grasses are monocotyledonous plants (Class Liliopsida) in the Family Poaceae, also known as Gramineae. ...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...
Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...
Subfamilies There are 7 subfamilies: Subfamily Arundinoideae Subfamily Bambusoideae Subfamily Centothecoideae Subfamily Chloridoideae Subfamily Panicoideae Subfamily Pooideae Subfamily Stipoideae The true grasses are monocotyledonous plants (Class Liliopsida) in the Family Poaceae, also known as Gramineae. ...
World map showing the location of Europe. ...
World map showing the location of Asia. ...
Northern Africa (UN subregion) geographic North Africa, including the UN subregion North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, generally divided politically from Sub-Saharan Africa. ...
It grows to 20–120 centimetres tall, with leaves 20-50 cm long and up to 1.5 cm broad, and a distinctive tufted triangular flowerhead 10-15 cm long. “Foliage†redirects here. ...
A Phalaenopsis flower Rudbeckia fulgida A flower, (<Old French flo(u)r<Latin florem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). ...
It is usually treated as the sole species in the genus Dactylis, but is commonly divided into several regional subspecies; some botanists treat some of these as distinct species, or at the lower rank of variety. In zoology, as in other branches of biology, subspecies is the rank immediately subordinate to a species. ...
Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ...
In botanical nomenclature, variety is a rank below that of species: As such, it gets a ternary name (a name in three parts). ...
- Subspecies
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. glomerata
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. himalayensis
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. hispanica (syn. D. hispanica)
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. ibizensis
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. judaica
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. juncinella
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. lobata (syn. D. aschersoniana)
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. lusitanica
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. marina (syn. D. marina)
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. santai
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. smithii
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. woronowii (syn. D. woronowii)
Cultivation and uses It is used as a hay grass and for pastures because of its high yields and sugar content, sweeter than most other temperate grasses. It is also extensively naturalised in the United States and Australia; in some areas, it has become an invasive species. In the United States, it is commonly called "Orchard Grass", because it tolerates moderate shade. In biology, naturalisation is the process when foreign or cultivated plants have spread into the wild, where they multiply by natural regeneration. ...
Lantana invasion of abandoned citrus plantation; Moshav Sdey Hemed, Israel The term invasive species refers to a subset of introduced species or non-indigenous species that are rapidly expanding outside of their native range. ...
It is sold in small containers at a height to about 10-15 cm labelled as "Cat Grass". Many domestic cats, particularly those who live entirely indoors, enjoy eating a small quantity of the grass every day. Cats may pluck the grass from the container themselves or, in some cases, accept cut blades of grass from their owners. A cat will typically consume about five to ten blades of the grass daily. Binomial name Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Felis lybica invalid junior synonym The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small carnivorous mammal. ...
Cat grass is claimed to supplement the animal's diet with vitamins and minerals. It may also reduce the incidence of problems with hairballs by binding with loose hair in the stomach and causing the cat to expel the accumulated hair by vomiting. The grass is most enjoyed when it is in its early stages of growth. Once the blades of grass mature and become firmer, cats may lose interest in eating it. A hairball from a short-haired orange tabby cat (about 2 in/5 cm long). ...
Vomiting (or emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of ones stomach through the mouth. ...
Butterfly foodplant Butterflies whose caterpillars feed on D. glomerata include:
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