Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies  of Zihuatanejo

ORDER POALES

Burmann's Basketgrass

Oplismenus burmanni

• Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

• Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

• Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

• Monocots (Class Liliopsida)

• Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies (Order Poales)

Burmann's Basketgrass (Oplismenus burmanni), also called Creeping Basketgrass, is a low-growing, shade-tolerant grass in the family Poaceae. A creeping grass that forms dense mats.