Crested Wheat Grass (Noun)
Meaning
Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Crested wheat grass is often planted on dryland farms in the United States to prevent soil erosion and provide animal feed.
- Crested wheat grass has become naturalized in many parts of the Great Plains region, where it can thrive in poor soil conditions.
- Many ranchers in Montana plant crested wheat grass as a forage crop for their livestock during the summer months.
- Erosion control measures in the Great Plains often involve planting strips of crested wheat grass along rivers and streams.
- Crested wheat grass is a cool-season grass that originates from Eurasia but has become well-established as a valuable crop in the United States great plains area.