Poverty grass

Poverty grass

Poverty grass may refer to:
*Any of several grasses that grow up in poor or sandy soil, for example:
** "Aristida dichotoma", Shinner's Three-awn
** "Eremochloa bimaculata"
** "Sporobolus vaginaeflorus" (or "S. vaginiflorus"), Sheathed Dropseed
*Any of several plants in the "Hudsonia" genus that grow up on beaches


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