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danthonia /danˈθəʊnɪə /noun [mass noun]A widely distributed tufted grass that grows on poor soils and is of low palatability to grazing animals.- Genus Danthonia, family Gramineae.
We examined the field distribution of Danthonia spicata infected and uninfected by the epiphytic fungus Atkinsonella hypoxylon relative to soil resource levels....- The Danthonia was decimated by the corellas this year. The mothers just pulled up all the new growth by the 1,000's when plowing the paddocks.
- In dry, open, lowland situations, the hairy and ringed Danthonias, D. pilosa and D. semiannularis, are common.
Origin Modern Latin, named after Étienne Danthoine, 19th-century French botanist. |