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764:arundinacea
760:M. caerulea
438:'Variegata'
432:M. caerulea
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402:M. caerulea
398:'Windspiel'
396:arundinacea
392:M. caerulea
364:Cultivation
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262:Description
113:Commelinids
87:Angiosperms
1572:Categories
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1292:kew-424761
1287:Plant List
914:0002191369
825:'Moorhexe"
612:2014-10-17
576:References
564:Sclerotium
418:'Moorhexe'
277:bunchgrass
271:herbaceous
232:, ideally
230:acid soils
1578:Molinieae
1414:Q21870118
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274:perennial
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1168:408809-1
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852:caerulea
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793:caerulea
693:Archived
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426:caerulea
416:caerulea
406:caerulea
373:panicles
324:of some
256:caerulea
246:moorland
224:that is
195:Synonyms
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1077:1115039
1059:Ecocrop
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830:4 April
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289:tussock
285:heather
144:Molinia
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187:Moench
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