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Erianthus
Erianthus is a genus of tall, perennial grasses in the Poaceae family. It includes nine species native to the Americas, ranging from the eastern and southeastern United States to parts of Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and to Brazil to northeastern Argentina.
Erianthus is usually found in dry to moist fields, meadows, roadsides, and woodland influenced by incendiary fires. They need 6 or more hours of direct sunlight everyday.
Erianthus has a high biomass productivity, is drought tolerant, and disease resistant. Breeders use Erianthus to transfer beneficial traits to sugarcane such as genetic diversity and stress intolerance which makes the crop more productive. Erianthus giganteus contributes to the wetland ecosystem by loosing portions of its leaf and culm biomass during senescence. This supports rapid microbial composition because the carbon dioxide and nutrients are released before the plant reaches the surface.
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