These are just a few of the ways to describe grasses. There is hardly a category in which one could not find a few, if not many grasses. Grasses are annuals, perennials and biennials. Some grasses grow in shade and some in sun. Some are low growing mat forming and some grow quite tall.
Grasses vary in growth habit as well as temperature requirements.
There are grasses that grow in water and those that tolerate drought well. Some grasses are particularly good at stabilizing soil and some have been known for thousands of years as good forage. Included are plants such as rice, barley, sugar cane, corn, wheat and all of the Bamboos. Indeed the timber bamboos are probably the largest growing members of this family, some reaching more than 60 feet. As I began thinking more broadly about grasses, I found myself looking for more.