AWAKE

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Characteristics :

• Cells contain chlorophyll, allowing them to make food
• Have true roots, stems, and leaves
• Stems jointed and often hollow, not woody
• Leaves narrow with parallel veins; usually alternating, that is, spaced at different points along each side of stem and not opposite each other
• Seeds produced by flower and usually referred to as a grain; flower parts often reduced to scales

Taxanomy: There are several classification schemes for the grasses. Below is listed a possible system of classification, taken only to the family level.

Kingdom	Plantae
	Phylum	Anthophyta
		Class	Monocotyledoneae
			Order	Arales
				Family	Acaceae (arum family)
			Order	Cyperales
				Family	Cyperaceae (sedge family) Poaceae (grass family)
			Order	Juncales
				Family	Juncaceae (rush family)
			Order	Liliales
				Family	Liliaceae (lily family)
			Order	Typhales
				Family	Sparganiaceae (bur-reed family) Typhaceae (cattail family)