''Leersia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses. The genus is widespread across many countries on all the inhabited continents. It was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers (1727-1774). ; Species * '' Leersia angustifolia'' Prodoehl - Sudan * '' Leersia denudata'' Launert - from Kenya to Cape Province * '' Leersia drepanothrix'' Stapf - from Guinea to Uganda * '' Leersia friesii'' Melderis - from Uganda to Botswana * ''

Leersia hexandra ''Leersia hexandra'' is a species of grass known by the common names southern cutgrass, clubhead cutgrass, and swamp rice grass.

'' Sw. - Africa, Eurasia, Australian, North + South America, various islands * ''

Leersia japonica ''Leersia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses. The genus is widespread across many countries on all the inhabited continents. It was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers ...

'' (Honda) Honda - China, Japan, Korea * '' Leersia lenticularis'' Michx. - central + eastern USA * '' Leersia ligularis'' Trin. - Latin America + West Indies from Coahuila to Paraguay * '' Leersia monandra'' Sw. - Texas, Florida, Mexico, West Indies * '' Leersia nematostachya'' Launert - Cameroon, Angola, Zambia * '' Leersia oncothrix'' C.E.Hubb. - Zambia * '' Leersia oryzoides'' (L.) Sw. - Eurasia (from Azores to

Primorye Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of t ...

), North America (Canada, USA, northeastern Mexico) * '' Leersia perrieri'' (A.Camus) Launert - Madagascar * '' Leersia sayanuka'' Ohwi - China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam * '' Leersia stipitata'' Bor - Thailand * '' Leersia tisserantii'' (A.Chev.) Launert - from Guinea to Namibia * '' Leersia triandra'' C.E.Hubb. - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cameroon * '' Leersia virginica'' Willd. - eastern Canada, eastern + central USA ; formerly included see '' Arthraxon

Digitaria ''Digitaria'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are ...

Hygroryza ''Hygroryza'' (watergrass) is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. ;Species The only known species is ''Hygroryza aristata,'' (Asian watergrass) native to China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Bangladesh, Cambodia, India ( ...

Maltebrunia ''Maltebrunia'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Maltebrunia leersioides'' Kunth – Madagascar * '' Maltebrunia letestui'' (Koechlin) Koechlin – Cameroon, Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the G ...

Megastachya'' * ''Leersia aristata - Hygroryza aristata'' * ''Leersia digitaria -

Digitaria ciliaris ''Digitaria ciliaris'' is a species of grass known by the common names southern crabgrass,''Digitaria ...

'' * ''Leersia disticha - Megastachya mucronata'' * ''Leersia hispida - Arthraxon hispidus'' * ''Leersia latifolia - Maltebrunia leersioides''

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''Leersia'' Fact Sheet

Grass Manual Treatment
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