Spartina

...Garden grasses are also grasses of the grass family, including turfgrass and Chinese turfgrass, as well as long grass, bluegrass, and rice grass in the north, and crabgrass and Japanese burrowing grass in the warmer regions. Weeping lovegrass, which was recently introduced to Japan, is used for erosion control and to retain soil in embankments, but other plants used abroad include beach grass ( Ammophila genus) from Europe and the United States, the similar North American genus Calamovilfa , the salt-tolerant North American Spartina , and quackgrass, which has naturalized in Hokkaido and other places. The trunks of bamboos are hollow and strong, so they are used in many ways, including in construction, as materials for crafts, for containers, and for bundling. Many bamboos are also used for blinds, like reeds, and for mats.

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…庭園の芝草もイネ科植物で，シバやコウライシバのほかに，北地ではナガハグサ，オオスズメノカタビラ，コヌカグサも用い，暖地ではツルメヒシバやギョウギシバを使う。砂防用や土堤の土留め用としては，最近日本へ移入されたウィーピングラブグラスがあるが，外国ではこのほかに欧米のビーチグラス(Ammophila属)，北アメリカの類似属のCalamovilfa，耐塩性のある北アメリカのSpartina，北海道などに帰化したシバムギも使われる。　タケ類の幹は，中空で強いので，建築，細工用編料，容器，結束用など，実に多く利用されているし，ヨシのようにすだれ原料になったり，敷物の原料となるものも多い。…

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