Tussock grass

In western North American wildfires, bunch grasses tend to smolder and not ignite into flames, unlike invasive species of annual grasses that contribute to a fire's spreading. ==Genera==

:Examples: • Alloteropsis (tropical climates) • Amphipogon (tropical climates) • Ancistrachne (tropical climates) • Andropogon (tropical climates) • Aristida (tropical climates) • Arundinella (tropical climates) • Astrebla (tropical climates) • Bothriochloa (tropical climates) • Cenchrus (tropical climates) • Chloris (tropical climates) • Chrysopogon (tropical climates) • Cymbopogon (tropical climates) • Dichanthium (tropical climates) • Digitaria (tropical climates) • Enteropogon (tropical climates) • Eragrostis (tropical climates) • Eriachne (tropical climates) • Eulalia (tropical climates) • Brachypodium (temperate climates) • Calamagrostis (temperate climates) • Chionochloa (temperate climates) • Deschampsia (temperate climates) • Festuca (temperate climates) • Heteropogon (tropical climates) • Leymus (temperate climates) • Leptochloa (tropical climates) • Melica (tropical climates) • Mnesithea (tropical climates) • Muhlenbergia (temperate climates) • Nassella (temperate climates) • Neurachne (tropical climates) • Ophiuros (tropical climates) • Oryza (tropical climates) • Oxychloris (tropical climates) • Panicum (tropical climates) • Paraneurachne (tropical climates) • Paspalidium (tropical climates) • Sehima (tropical climates) • Sorghum (tropical climates) • Sporobolus (tropical climates) • Themeda (tropical climates) • Stipa (temperate climates) • Triodia, formerly Plectrachne (Australia) • Tripogon (tropical climates) • Triraphis (tropical climates) • Xerochloa (tropical climates) • Yakirra (tropical climates) • Zygochloa (tropical climates) ==Species==

Australia • Agrostis australiensis • Agrostis bettyae • Agrostis muelleriana • Agrostis parviflora • Agrostis propinqua • Agrostis thompsoniae • Agrostis venusta • Alloteropsis semialata • Amphibromus fluitans • Amphibromus macrorhinus • Amphibromus neesii • Amphibromus nervosus • Amphibromus pithogastrus • Amphibromus sinuatus • Amphibromus whitei • Amphipogon caricinus • Amphipogon caricinus • Ancistrachne maidenii • Ancistrachne uncinulata • Ancistrachne uncinulata • Anisopogon avenaceus • Aristida acuta • Aristida anthoxanthoides • Aristida behriana • Aristida benthamii • Aristida blakei • Aristida calycina • Aristida caput-medusae • Aristida contorta • Aristida echinata • Aristida gracilipes • Aristida helicophylla • Aristida holathera • Aristida inaequiglumis • Aristida jerichoensis • Aristida latifolia • Aristida lazaridis • Aristida leichhardtiana • Aristida leptopoda • Aristida lignosa • Aristida longicollis • Aristida muricata • Aristida nitidula • Aristida obscura • Aristida personata • Aristida platychaeta • Aristida pruinosa • Aristida psammophila • Aristida queenslandica • Aristida ramosa • Aristida spuria • Aristida strigosa • Aristida vagans • Aristida warburgii • Arundinella nepalensis • Astrebla elymoides • Astrebla lappacea • Astrebla pectinata • Astrebla squarrosa • Australopyrum pectinatum • Australopyrum retrofractum • Australopyrum velutinum • Austrostipa acrociliata • Austrostipa aristiglumis • Austrostipa bigeniculata • Austrostipa blackii • Austrostipa densiflora • Austrostipa drummondii • Austrostipa elegantissima • Austrostipa eremophila • Austrostipa flavescens • Austrostipa gibbosa • Austrostipa metatoris • Austrostipa mollis • Austrostipa nitida • Austrostipa nivicola • Austrostipa nodosa • Austrostipa nullanulla • Austrostipa platychaeta • Austrostipa puberula • Austrostipa pubescens • Austrostipa pubinodis • Austrostipa ramosissima • Austrostipa rudis • Austrostipa scabra • Austrostipa semibarbata • Austrostipa setacea • Austrostipa stipoides • Austrostipa stuposa • Austrostipa trichophylla • Austrostipa tuckeri • Austrostipa variabilis • Austrostipa verticillata • Austrostipa wakoolica • Bothriochloa biloba • Bothriochloa bladhii • Bothriochloa decipiens • Bothriochloa erianthoides • Bothriochloa ewartiana • Bothriochloa macra • Bromus arenarius • Capillipedium parviflorum • Capillipedium spicigerum • Cenchrus caliculatus • Chionochloa frigida • Chloris divaricata • Chloris pectinata • Chloris truncata • Chloris ventricosa • Chrysopogon fallax • Chrysopogon filipes • Chrysopogon sylvaticus • Cleistochloa rigida • Cleistochloa subjuncea • Cymbopogon ambiguus • Cymbopogon bombycinus • Cymbopogon obtectus • Cymbopogon refractus • Dactyloctenium radulans • Deschampsia cespitosa • Deyeuxia accedens • Deyeuxia acuminata • Deyeuxia affinis • Deyeuxia angustifolia • Deyeuxia appressa • Deyeuxia brachyathera • Deyeuxia carinata • Deyeuxia contracta • Deyeuxia crassiuscula • Deyeuxia decipiens • Deyeuxia densa • Deyeuxia gunniana • Deyeuxia imbricata • Deyeuxia innominata • Deyeuxia mckiei • Deyeuxia mesathera • Deyeuxia microseta • Deyeuxia monticola • Deyeuxia nudiflora • Deyeuxia parviseta • Deyeuxia quadriseta • Deyeuxia reflexa • Deyeuxia rodwayi • Deyeuxia scaberula • Dicanthium fecundum • Dichanthium sericeum • Dichanthium setosum • Dichanthium tenue • Dichelachne crinita • Dichelachne hirtella • Dichelachne inaequiglumis • Dichelachne micrantha • Dichelachne parva • Dichelachne rara • Dichelachne sieberiana • Digitaria ammophila • Digitaria breviglumis • Digitaria brownii • Digitaria coenicola • Digitaria divaricatissima • Digitaria hubbardii • Digitaria hystrichoides • Digitaria leucostachya • Digitaria parviflora • Digitaria porrecta • Digitaria ramularis • Diplachne fusca • Diplachne muelleri • Diplachne parviflora • Echinochloa colona • Echinochloa inundata • Echinochloa lacunaria • Echinochloa telmatophila • Echinopogon caespitosus • Echinopogon cheelii • Echinopogon intermedius • Echinopogon mckiei • Echinopogon nutans • Echinopogon ovatus • Echinopogon phleoides • Elymus fertilis • Elymus multiflorus • Elymus rectisetus • Elymus scaber • Elytrophorus spicatus • Enneapogon avenaceus • Enneapogon cylindricus • Enneapogon gracilis • Enneapogon intermedius • Enneapogon lindleyanus • Enneapogon nigricans • Enneapogon polyphyllus • Enneapogon truncatus • Enteropogon acicularis • Enteropogon ramosus • Enteropogon unispiceus • Entolasia marginata • Entolasia stricta • Entolasia whiteana • Eragrostis alveiformis • Eragrostis australasica • Eragrostis basedowii • Eragrostis benthamii • Eragrostis brownii • Eragrostis desertorum • Eragrostis dielsii • Eragrostis elongata • Eragrostis eriopoda • Eragrostis exigua • Eragrostis falcata • Eragrostis fallax • Eragrostis interrupta • Eragrostis kennedyae • Eragrostis lacunaria • Eragrostis laniflora • Eragrostis lehmanniana • Eragrostis leptocarpa • Eragrostis leptostachya • Eragrostis megalosperma • Eragrostis microcarpa • Eragrostis parviflora • Eragrostis pergracilis • Eragrostis pubescens • Eragrostis setifolia • Eragrostis sororia • Eragrostis spartinoides • Eragrostis speciosa • Eragrostis tenellula • Eragrostis trachycarpa • Eragrostis xerophila • Eremochloa bimaculata • Eriachne aristidea • Eriachne benthamii • Eriachne glabrata • Eriachne glauca • Eriachne helmsii • Eriachne mucronata • Eriachne obtusa • Eriachne pallescens • Eriochloa australiensis • Eriochloa crebra • Eriochloa procera • Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha • Eulalia aurea • Festuca asperula • Festuca muelleri • Glyceria australis • Glyceria latispicea • Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus – button grass • Heteropogon contortus • Hierochloe rariflora • Hierochloe redolens • Homopholis belsonii • Hookerochloa hookeriana • Hyparrhenia filipendula • Imperata cylindrica • Isachne globosa • Iseilema membranaceum • Iseilema vaginiflorum • Joycea pallida – red anther wallaby grass • Lachnagrostis aemula • Lachnagrostis aequata • Lachnagrostis billardierei • Lachnagrostis filiformis • Lachnagrostis meionectes • Leptochloa decipiens • Leptochloa digitata • Leptochloa divaricatissima • Leptochloa peacockii • Microlaena stipoides • Monachather paradoxus • Neurachne munroi • Notochloe microdon • Oxychloris scariosa • Panicum buncei • Panicum decompositum • Panicum effusum • Panicum laevinode • Panicum paludosum • Panicum queenslandicum • Panicum simile • Paractaenum novae-hollandiae • Paspalidium albovillosum • Paspalidium aversum • Paspalidium breviflorum • Paspalidium caespitosum • Paspalidium constrictum • Paspalidium criniforme • Paspalidium distans • Paspalidium gausum • Paspalidium globoideum • Paspalidium gracile • Paspalidium grandispiculatum • Paspalidium jubiflorum • Paspalidium rarum • Paspalum longifolium • Paspalum orbiculare • Pentapogon quadrifidus • Perotis rara • Phragmites australis • Plagiosetum refractum • Plinthanthesis paradoxa • Plinthanthesis urvillei • Poa affinis • Poa cheelii • Poa clivicola • Poa costiniana • Poa ensiformis • Poa fawcettiae • Poa fax • Poa fordeana • Poa helmsii • Poa hiemata • Poa hookeri • Poa induta • Poa labillardierei – common tussock-grass • Poa meionectes • Poa petrophila • Poa phillipsiana • Poa poiformis • Poa queenslandica • Poa saxicola • Poa sieberiana – grey tussock-grass • Poa tenera • Poa triodioides (syn. Austrofestuca littoralis) • Potamophila parviflora • Puccinellia stricta • Rytidosperma australe • Rytidosperma nivicola • Rytidosperma nudiflorum • Rytidosperma oreophilum • Rytidosperma procerum • Rytidosperma pumilum • Rytidosperma vickeryae • Sacciolepis indica • Schizachyrium fragile • Setaria paspalidioides • Setaria surgens • Sorghum leiocladum • Sporobolus actinocladus • Sporobolus caroli • Sporobolus contiguus • Sporobolus creber • Sporobolus diander • Sporobolus disjunctus • Sporobolus elongatus • Sporobolus laxus • Sporobolus sessilis • Tetrarrhena juncea • Thellungia advena • Themeda avenacea • Themeda triandra • Thyridolepis mitchelliana • Thyridolepis xerophila • Tragus australianus • Tripogon loliiformis • Triraphis mollis • Trisetum spicatum • Uranthoecium truncatum • Urochloa gilesii • Urochloa notochthona • Urochloa piligera • Urochloa praetervisa • Urochloa subquadripara • Walwhalleya proluta • Walwhalleya subxerophila • Yakirra australiensis • Zygochloa paradoxa New Zealand • Chionochloa australis – carpet grass • Chionochloa flavescens – snow tussock • Chionochloa oreophila – snow-patch grass • Chionochloa rubra – red tussock • Festuca novaezelandiae – fescue tussock or hard tussock • Poa cita – silver tussock • Poa colensoi – blue tussock • Poa foliosa – muttonbird poa North America :Bunch grasses: • Aristida purpurea – purple three-awn • Bouteloua gracilis – blue grama • Calamagrostis foliosa – leafy reedgrass (endemic to California) • Calamagrostis nutkaensis – Pacific reedgrass • Calamagrostis purpurascens – purple reedgrass • Danthonia californica – California oatgrass • Eriophorum vaginatum – hare's-tail cottongrass • Festuca californica – California fescue • Festuca idahoensis – Idaho fescue • Festuca rubra – red fescue • Koeleria macrantha – junegrass • Leymus condensatus – giant wildrye • Melica californica – California melic • Melica imperfecta – smallflower melic • Muhlenbergia rigens – deer grass • Nassella lepida – foothill needlegrass • Nassella pulchra – purple needlegrass (the state grass of California) • Poa secunda – pine bluegrass • Sporobolus heterolepis – prairie dropseed • Sporobolus virginicus – salt couch grass • Tripsacum dactyloides – eastern gamagrass South America • Deschampsia cespitosa – tufted hair-grass (up through North America) • Nassella trichotoma – serrated tussock (common pasture weed in Australia) • Poa flabellata – tussac grass (synonyms: Parodiochloa flabellata, Festuca flabellata, Dactylis caespitosa) near Keetmanshoop in Namibia Africa • Heteropogon contortus – perennial tussock grass (to Asia, Australasia, Oceania) Europe • Ampelodesmos mauritanicus – rope grass • Brachypodium sylvaticum – false-brome • Molinia caerulea – purple moor grass (to west Asia and north Africa) ==See also==