The summits of the volcanoes are covered by large mineral areas with sparse grasslands rich in endemic grasses ( Poaceae, e . g ., Festuca borbonica, Agrostis salaziensis, Pennisetum caffrum ) and orchids ( Orchidaceae, e . g ., Disa borbonica ), ericoid thickets, or thickets of the small tree Sophora denudata ( Fabaceae ), depending on substrate texture and age.
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The dominant grass species are False Oat-grass, " Arrhenatherum elatius ", and Common Bent, " Agrostis capillaris ", but a variety of herbs are present, including extensive patches dominated by three orchids, Northern Marsh, " Dactylorhiza purpurella ", Common Spotted, " D . fuchsii ", and Early Purple, " Orchis mascula ".
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In 2007, the U . S . Department of Agriculture fined Scotts Miracle-Gro $ 500, 000 when modified genetic material from creeping bentgrass, a new golf-course grass Scotts had been testing, was found within close relatives of the same genus ( " Agrostis " ) as well as in native grasses up to away from the test sites, released when freshly cut grass was blown by the wind.
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The dry heath comprises five main species of plant, of which the common heather ( " Calluna vulgaris " ) is the most prolific with bell heather ( " Erica cinerea " ) and western gorse ( " Ulex gallii " ) also dominant; bristle bent ( " Agrostis curtisii " ) and purple moor-grass ( " Molinia caerulea " ) to a lesser extent.
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The hay fields are dominated by common bent, " Agrostis capillaris ", and sweet vernal-grass, " Anthoxanthum odoratum ", and support a diversity of forbs, among which globe-flower, " Trollius europaeus ", and marsh-marigold, " Caltha palustris ", are well represented, with early-purple orchid, " Orchis mascula ", among the species present in the wetter areas.
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The main interest in the site lies in its traditionally-managed hay meadows, which support a wide variety of grasses, such as common bent, " Agrostis capillaris ", sweet vernal-grass, " Anthoxanthum odoratum ", and red fescue, " Festuca rubra ", and forbs, such as meadowsweet, " Filipendula ulmaria ", marsh marigold, " Caltha palustris ", and great burnet, " Sanguisorba officinalis ".
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The ground cover in almost all the Paul da Serra, is composed of underbrush, reminiscent of its former use as grazing site, stressing among other the Feiteira ( Pteridium aquilinum ), hay Madeira ( Agrostis castellana ) broom ( Cytisus scoparius ssp . scoparius, C . striatus and C . multiflorus ), the gorse ( Ulex europaeus ssp . latebracteatus and U . minor ), St . John's wort or pelic�o ( linarifolium Hypericum and H . humifusum ) and Thymus micans, an endemic species of Madeira, confined to the central mountain massif.
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There's also the problem that a sizable percentage of the information in them is wrong-CarolSpears did not copypaste very carefully, so, a description of a leaf might be a description of the stem misplaced, or a description of a plant's habitat in one country might be treated as its habitat in general-notably in the ( now deleted and redone from scratch ) Agrostis gigantea, the description treated it as if the situation in " America "-where it is not a native plant, but an invasive one-was the typical situation of that plant.
