Grasses and Grains | ClipArt ETC

The Grasses and Grains ClipArt gallery offers 423 illustrations of various types of grasses and grains, many of which are grown agriculturally for consumer use.

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Section of a grain of Rice, lengthwise, showing embryo outside the albumen, which forms the principal bulk.

Seed of Grain of Rice

Section of a grain of Rice, lengthwise, showing embryo outside the albumen, which forms the principal…

"Rice is a well known genus of grasses, having panicles of one-flowered spike-lets, with two very small pointed glumes, the florets compressed, the paleæ strongly nerved, awned or awnless, six stamens, one germen, and two feather stigmas. The only important species is the common rice, one of the most useful and extensively cultivated of all grains, supplying the principal food of nearly one-third of the human race. It seems to be originally a native of the East Indies, but is now cultivated in all quarters of the globe. Rice requires a moist soil, sometimes flooded. "—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Water Rice

"Rice is a well known genus of grasses, having panicles of one-flowered spike-lets, with two very small…

A rootstock is any kind of horizontal stem or branch growing under ground.

Quick-grass Root

A rootstock is any kind of horizontal stem or branch growing under ground.

A rush, found in northern salt marshes, <em>Juncus gerardi</em>.

Rush

A rush, found in northern salt marshes, Juncus gerardi.

Rye

A normal rye plant.

An import cereal plant. It is native to the Levant but is cultivated extensively in temperate climates, especially in western Europe.

Rye

An import cereal plant. It is native to the Levant but is cultivated extensively in temperate climates,…

A grass grown for its grain and forage. It is part of the wheat group and is closely related to barley and wheat.

Rye

A grass grown for its grain and forage. It is part of the wheat group and is closely related to barley…

A species of grain of which there are several varieties It is an esculent grain bearing naked seeds on a flat ear, furnished with awns like barley.

Rye Grain

A species of grain of which there are several varieties It is an esculent grain bearing naked seeds…

Ryegrass Leaf with Sheath

Lolium perenne. A sheath, in botany is "the part of an expanded organ that is rolled around a stem or…

This is an illustration of the fine-topped salt grass.

Salt Grass

This is an illustration of the fine-topped salt grass.

"3. a flower of Salsola Kali; 4. its ripe fruit; 5. the same magnified, with a portion of the leafy dilated calyx torn away; 6. it embryo." -Lindley, 1853

Prickly Saltwort

"3. a flower of Salsola Kali; 4. its ripe fruit; 5. the same magnified, with a portion of the leafy…

"Sand blue grass (Poa leckenbyi): a, empty glumes; b, spikelet, empty glumes removed; c, floret; d, palea and stamens; e, pistil." -Department of Agriculture, 1899

Sand Blue Grass

"Sand blue grass (Poa leckenbyi): a, empty glumes; b, spikelet, empty glumes removed; c, floret; d,…

"Sand grass (Calamovilfa longifolia): a, spikelet; b, spikelet, empty glumes removed." -Department of Agriculture, 1899

Sand Grass

"Sand grass (Calamovilfa longifolia): a, spikelet; b, spikelet, empty glumes removed." -Department of…

Sea lyme grass, Elymus arenarius.

Sea Lyme Grass

Sea lyme grass, Elymus arenarius.

Seaside blue grass, Poa macrantha.

Seaside Blue Grass

Seaside blue grass, Poa macrantha.

Seaside oats, Uniola paniculata.

Seaside Oats

Seaside oats, Uniola paniculata.

"Inflorescence, flower, and seed, of a sedge. (Great Bulrush, Scirpus lacustris.) A, magnified flower, surrounded by perianth of hypogynous bristles; B, the seed; C, section of the seed, showing the small embryo enclosed in the base of the endosperm." -Bergen, 1896

Sedge

"Inflorescence, flower, and seed, of a sedge. (Great Bulrush, Scirpus lacustris.) A, magnified flower,…

"Uricle or addiional glumes of Carex rivularis" (Shining Flatsedge) -Lindley, 1853

Shining Flatsedge

"Uricle or addiional glumes of Carex rivularis" (Shining Flatsedge) -Lindley, 1853

An illustration of the female flower of the sedge plant. Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (although other, related species are also called sedges, those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges). It is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as caricology.

Sedge

An illustration of the female flower of the sedge plant. Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae,…

One stage of growth seen in a wild oats seedling.

Wild Oats Seedling

One stage of growth seen in a wild oats seedling.

Wild Oats Seedlng

A growth stage of a wild oats seedling, showing later growth.

"Side-oats (Atheropogon curtipendulus). a, spike; b, spikelet; c, spikelet with glumes removed." -Whitney, 1911

Side Oats

"Side-oats (Atheropogon curtipendulus). a, spike; b, spikelet; c, spikelet with glumes removed." -Whitney,…

Ear of wheat with smut

"An ear of wheat with smut, a disease of corn caused by fungi."—Finley, 1917

Gooseneck Sorghum

Gooseneck sorghum, a species of grass. The Gooseneck is the largest of the sorghum varieties. IT grows…

Orange Sorghum

Orange sorghum, a species of grass.

"A variety of the common wheat, originally cultivated by the Romans."—Finley, 1917

Spelt

"A variety of the common wheat, originally cultivated by the Romans."—Finley, 1917

Spelt spicula

Spicula of a spelt plant.

"Showing concentric and eccentric striations of starch grains. e, potato starch eccentrically striated; f, compound starch grain from potato; g, bean starch concentrically striated." -Stevens, 1916

Starch Grain Striations

"Showing concentric and eccentric striations of starch grains. e, potato starch eccentrically striated;…

Stemless locoweed

An illustration of stemless locoweed.

A genus of between 6-37 species of tall grasses, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World.

Sugar Cane

A genus of between 6-37 species of tall grasses, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the…

Sugar Cane is probably a native to India, but is now extensively cultivated throughout the tropical and warm temperate zones, of both hemispheres, in the West Indies, Southern United States, Guinea and Brazil, Mauritius and Bourbon, Bengal, Siam, China, Java, and the neighboring islands.

Sugar Cane

Sugar Cane is probably a native to India, but is now extensively cultivated throughout the tropical…

A tall, tropical plant used as a source of sugar.

Sugar-cane

A tall, tropical plant used as a source of sugar.

Cirsium arvense is a species of Cirsium, native throughout Europe and northern Asia, and widely introduced elsewhere. The standard English name in its native area is Creeping Thistle. It is a tall herbaceous perennial plant, forming extensive clonal colonies from an underground root system that sends up numerous erect stems each spring, reaching 1–1.2 m tall (occasionally more); the stems often lie partly flat by summer but can stay erect if supported by other vegetation. The leaves are very spiny, lobed, up to 15–20 cm long and 2–3 cm broad (smaller on the upper part of the flower stem). The inflorescence is 10–22 mm diameter, pink-purple, with all the florets of similar form (no division into disc and ray florets). The flowers are usually dioecious, but not invariably so, with some plants bearing hermaphrodite flowers. The seeds are 4–5 mm long, with a feathery pappus which assists in wind dispersal.

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense is a species of Cirsium, native throughout Europe and northern Asia, and widely introduced…

A pair of timothy plants growing side by side, illustrating the difference in yield. Each one grew from a single seed.

Pair of timothies

A pair of timothy plants growing side by side, illustrating the difference in yield. Each one grew from…

A timothy plant grown from a single seed - a bunch grass.

Timothy

A timothy plant grown from a single seed - a bunch grass.

A field of twenty thousand timothy plants, each grown from a single seed.

Timothy field

A field of twenty thousand timothy plants, each grown from a single seed.

A species of grass widely cultivated, which is one of the most valuable for hay.

Timothy Grass

A species of grass widely cultivated, which is one of the most valuable for hay.

Variation in timothy heads. No two are alike.

Timothy heads

Variation in timothy heads. No two are alike.

A diagram of a pollen tube through silk to ovary.

Pollen Tube

A diagram of a pollen tube through silk to ovary.

Vernal Grass

Spike-like panicle of vernal grass (Anthoxanthum). a: Mature anthers, slightly enlarged.

Vernal Grass

A one-flowered spikelet: a, b: Outer empty glumes.

A spikelet with the outer glumes removed. <em>c</em>: Inner empty glumes (neuter flowers) with long, bristle-shaped appendages. <em>d, e</em>: Palets. <em>anth.</em>: Anthers. <em>stig.</em>: Stigmas.

Vernal Grass

A spikelet with the outer glumes removed. c: Inner empty glumes (neuter flowers) with long,…

Diagram of cross section of a spikelet. <em>a</em>: Glume. <em>d</em>: Palet.

Vernal Grass

Diagram of cross section of a spikelet. a: Glume. d: Palet.

A fruit of a vernal grass.

Vernal Grass

A fruit of a vernal grass.

An illustration of water hemlock including the root and fruit.

Water hemlock

An illustration of water hemlock including the root and fruit.

Dyer's Weed

An illustration of dyer's weed.

An important and largely cultivated cereal. It is excelled by rice alone with reference to the number of people using it as a stample food.

Wheat

An important and largely cultivated cereal. It is excelled by rice alone with reference to the number…

Wheat

A field of ripe wheat.

Wheat

A head, spikelet, and grain of bearded wheat.

An ear of wheat

Wheat Ear

An ear of wheat

An illustration of the flower of the wheat plant.

Wheat Flower

An illustration of the flower of the wheat plant.

Outer portion of a cross-section of a wheat grain; h, various integuments of the ovary and seed, forming the husk; a, cells of "aleurone layer" of endosperm, loaded with protein grains; b, starch-bearing cells.

Wheat Grain

Outer portion of a cross-section of a wheat grain; h, various integuments of the ovary and seed, forming…

"A grain of wheat. Back view." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Wheat Grain

"A grain of wheat. Back view." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

"A grain of wheat. Front view." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Wheat Grain

"A grain of wheat. Front view." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

"A grain of wheat. Vertical section, showing (b) the endosperm, and (a) embryo." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Wheat Grain

"A grain of wheat. Vertical section, showing (b) the endosperm, and (a) embryo." — Encyclopedia…

"A grain of wheat. Commencement of germination, showing (b) the pileola and (c) the secondary rootlets surrounded by their coleorrhizae." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Wheat Grain

"A grain of wheat. Commencement of germination, showing (b) the pileola and (c) the secondary rootlets…

"Section through exterior part of a grain of wheat. c, cuticle or outer layer of bran; ep, epidermis; m, layer beneath epidermis; qu, sch, layers of hull next to seed-coats; br, n, seed-coats; Kl, layer containing proteid grains; st, cells of the endosperm filled with starch." -Bergen, 1896

Wheat Grain

"Section through exterior part of a grain of wheat. c, cuticle or outer layer of bran; ep, epidermis;…

Beardless Wheat

A head of beardless wheat.

A longitudinal section of of smutted wheat.

Smutted wheat

A longitudinal section of of smutted wheat.

An illustration of a wheat spikelet.

Spikelet of Wheat

An illustration of a wheat spikelet.