Sweet Grass - Plants

Plants

  • Hierochloe odorata (sweet grass or holy grass), from northern North America and Eurasia
  • Sweet-grass or mannagrass, any of the many species in the genus Glyceria
  • Anthoxanthum odoratum, Sweet vernal grass, native to Eurasia
  • Muhlenbergia filipes (sweetgrass), native to the southeastern United States
  • colloquially for Cannabis, a psychoactive plant

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