# Wiregrass

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**Wiregrass** is a common name for several plants.

**Wiregrass** may refer to:

- [Poaceae](/source/Poaceae) grasses - *[Aristida](/source/Aristida)* (three-awns), especially *[Aristida stricta](/source/Aristida_stricta)* (Pineland Three-awn), *[Aristida junciformis](/source/Aristida_junciformis)* and *[Aristida purpurea](/source/Aristida_purpurea)* (Purple Three-awn), of subfamily Arundinoideae - *[Eleusine indica](/source/Eleusine_indica)* (Indian Goosegrass) of subfamily Eragrostideae - *[Sporobolus indicus](/source/Sporobolus_indicus)* (Smutgrass) of subfamily Chloridoideae - *[Cynodon dactylon](/source/Cynodon_dactylon)* (Bermuda Grass) of subfamily Chloridoideae - *[Ventenata dubia](/source/Ventenata_dubia)* of subfamily Pooideae, native to the Mediterranean and naturalized in western North America
- Other plants - *[Juncus tenuis](/source/Juncus_tenuis)* (Slender Rush) of the rush family - *[Polygonum arenastrum](/source/Polygonum_arenastrum)* (Common Knotweed) of the knotweed family

## See also

- [Wiregrass Region](/source/Wiregrass_Region), an area of the [Southern United States](/source/Southern_United_States) encompassing parts of southern [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)), southeastern [Alabama](/source/Alabama) and the [Florida](/source/Florida) [Panhandle](/source/Florida_Panhandle), and named for its abundance of *Aristida stricta*

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