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Paramochloa effusa is a species of grass, known locally as paja blanca, carrizo, and espartillo. It is a perennial native the mountains of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, including the northern Andes and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. It grows in upper montane forest, woodland and savanna, and in subalpine and alpine páramo shrubland and grassland, from 2500 to 4500 meters elevation.
It is used for basketry and other crafts, and for thatch roofing.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paramochloa effusa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
