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wheat grass, any plant of the genus Agropyron, cool-season perennials of the family Gramineae (grass grass, any plant of the family Gramineae, an important and widely distributed group of vascular plants, having an extraordinary range of adaptation. Numbering approximately 600 genera and 9,000 species, the grasses form the climax vegetation (see ecology) in great
..... Click the link for more information. family). Species of wheat grass, both native and introduced, are important range forage grasses in the prairie states. Wheat grasses are also valuable for revegetation because of their drought resistance and winter hardiness. Important species are the crested wheat grass (A. cristatum), introduced from N Russia, and the native Western wheat grass (A. smithii). The weed quack grass quack grass or couch grass, Old World perennial grass (Agropyron repens), now widely distributed and in the United States a troublesome weed.
..... Click the link for more information. also belongs to this genus. Wheat grass is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Cyperales, family Gramineae.

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The five top-selling single herbal supplements of 2008 in the health and natural food channel, according to SPINS, were flaxseed oil (Linum usitatis-simum), wheat grass and barley grass (Triticum aestivum and Hordeum vulgare), stevia (Stezrin rebaudiana), aloe vera (Aloe vera) and milk thistle (Silybum marianum).