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Originally Posted by A930Rocket
Actually, palm trees are a grass, as I found out when trying to mitigate some tree issues.
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No it's not.
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales = an order of flowering plants.
Family: Arecaceae << Palm tree
Grasses are a different order
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales = The Poales are a large order of flowering plants in the monocotyledons, and includes families of plants such as the grasses, bromeliads, and sedges.
family: Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses.
Bamboo is a grass, palm trees are not bamboo.
