Graminoids and Forbs
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Both are considered herbaceous (non-woody) but carry easily distinguishable features that differentiate plants among certain plant families.
Graminoids
Graminoids are herbaceous plants with a grass-like morphology – typically having elongated culms (the aerial stem of a grass or sedge) with blade-like leaves.
Graminoids typically belong to the grass (Poaceae), sedge (Cyperaceae), and rush (Juncaceae) families.
Forbs
Two ways of looking at a forb:
- Any herbaceous plant without grass-like features
- Any herbaceous flowering plant that is not graminoid (grass-like)
Typically forbs are dicots with non-woody stems.
The plants most often referred to as forbs belong to dozens of plant families, excluding the graminoid families above.
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