Pampas grass or pampas-grass is a common name which may refer to any of several similar-looking, tall-growing species of grass:
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Cortaderia
''Cortaderia'' is a genus of South American and Central American plants in the Poaceae grass family.
Etymology
The common name pampas grass, though strictly referring to ''C. selloana'', is frequently applied to all species in the genus (and so ...
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Cortaderia selloana
''Cortaderia selloana'' is a species of flowering plant in the Poaceae family. It is referred to by the common name pampas grass, and is native to southern South America, including the Pampas region after which it is named.
Etymology
''Cortade ...
'' and its selected cultivars
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Cortaderia jubata
''Cortaderia jubata'' is a species of grass known by several common names, including purple pampas grass and Andean pampas grass. It is similar to its more widespread relative, the pampas grass ''Cortaderia selloana'', but it can get quite a bit ...
'' (Andean pampas grass, purple pampas grass)
* ''Erianthus ravennae'' (syn. ''
Saccharum ravennae
''Tripidium ravennae'', synonym ''Saccharum ravennae'' (and many others), with the common names ravennagrass and elephant grass, is a species of grass in the genus ''Tripidium''. It is native to southern Europe, western Asia and South Asia and is ...
'') (giant woolly-beard grass, hardy pampas grass, Ravenna grass, ekra)
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Miscanthus sinensis
''Miscanthus sinensis'', the eulalia or Chinese silver grass, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to eastern Asia throughout most of China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea.
Description
It is an herbaceous perennial gras ...
'' (Japanese pampas grass)
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