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- noun Plural form of
bunchgrass .
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Examples
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Interspersed among the bunchgrasses were a rich array of annual and perennial grasses and forbs, the latter creating extraordinary flowering displays during certain years.
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Cottonwoods along the rivers made the tallest vegetative layer, and on the surrounding prairies grew shoulder-high sage and greasewood, punctuated by the bunchgrasses close to the ground.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Cottonwoods along the rivers made the tallest vegetative layer, and on the surrounding prairies grew shoulder-high sage and greasewood, punctuated by the bunchgrasses close to the ground.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Cottonwoods along the rivers made the tallest vegetative layer, and on the surrounding prairies grew shoulder-high sage and greasewood, punctuated by the bunchgrasses close to the ground.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Cottonwoods along the rivers made the tallest vegetative layer, and on the surrounding prairies grew shoulder-high sage and greasewood, punctuated by the bunchgrasses close to the ground.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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In the canyons, bunchgrasses, Wyoming big sagebrush, and cheatgrass grow on rocky, colluvial soil.
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It is dominated by Wyoming big sagebrush but perennial bunchgrasses occur and become increasingly common northward as available moisture increases.
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Wyoming big sagebrush, black sagebrush, bluebunch wheatgrass, and Idaho fescue are abundant; bunchgrasses are more common than in Ecoregion 80b.
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The vegetation is sagebrush steppe; bunchgrasses, including bluebunch wheatgrass, are generally associated with Wyoming big sagebrush except in overgrazed areas where they have been depleted and replaced by cheatgrass.
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Western juniper grows on shallow, rocky soils with an understory of low sagebrush, big sagebrush, bitterbrush, and bunchgrasses.
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