Chloris elata

Chloris elata
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Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Genus:	Chloris
Species:	C. elata
Binomial name
Chloris elata Bisch.

Chloris elata is a species of grass known by the common name tall windmill grass.

It is native to:

• North America, in:
  • The United States, particularly the states of Hawaii, Mississippi and Florida.
  • The Caribbean.
• South America, in particularly:
  • Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.^[1][2]

See also

• Grasses of North America
• Grasses of South America

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