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Growth habits


Grasses have either a bunchy growth habit or a creeping growth habit,
spreading by underground rhizomes or aboveground stolons.

Bunchy growth habit
Creeping growth habit, spreading by underground rhizomes
Creeping growth habit, spreading by aboveground stolons
Illustration of grass with bunchy growth
Illustration of plant with rhizomes
Illustration of plant with stolons

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