Sentences with phrase «native switchgrass»

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A bioenergy field trial in Wisconsin is evaluating how switchgrass, Miscanthus, corn stover, poplar trees, and native prairie grasses stack up against each other.

Switchgrass and prairie cordgrass, both native perennial grasses grown for biomass, come out of dormancy when the soil warms up for a week or more, usually in April.

That cellulose could come from a native plant like switchgrass, or even from municipal waste.

A recent study from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and published in Environmental Research Letters looks at how efficiently «second generation» biofuel crops — perennial, non-food crops such as switchgrass or native grasses — use rainwater and how these crops affect overall water balance.

Farmers in Nebraska and the Dakotas brought the U.S. closer to becoming a biofuel economy, planting huge tracts of land for the first time with switchgrass — a native North American perennial grass (Panicum virgatum) that often grows on the borders of cropland naturally — and proving that it can deliver more than five times more energy than it takes to grow it.

Rabasi pointed out that switchgrass is a hardy, natural grass native to North America that does not require fertilization or the use of chemicals during growth, making it an eco-friendly ingredient.