Grasses have been around since the age of dinosaurs, and humans have shaped them into some of our most common sources of nutrition. Where would we be without wheat, rye, rice, corn, and bamboo? We love our lawns, but my main interest is in grasses that are native to this area of Texas.
Our roadside grasses are a mix of introduced and native species because of many popular species used for lawns and pastures. This month, the grasses are so compelling to me because the delicate fibers of their reproductive structures sparkle.
Walt Whitman said: I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars, And the ant is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a chef-d'oeuvre for the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven, And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery, And the cow crunching with depress'd head surpasses any statue, And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels.
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