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Breakdown of information for 766 grass species in the SEPASAL database (9)
| Level 1 use | Number of species | Level 2 use | Number of species |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food | 137 | leaves | 14 |
| seeds | 113 | ||
| Food additives | 3 | ||
| Animal food | 636 | leaves and stems | 604 |
| seeds and flowers | 38 | ||
| Invertebrate food | 2 | ||
| Materials | 106 | fibers | 88 |
| essential oils | 9 | ||
| Fuels | 14 | ||
| Vertebrate poisons | 43 | ||
| Nonvertebrate poisons | 3 | ||
| Medicines | 19 | ||
| Environmental uses | 258 | erosion control | 184 |
| revegetators | 81 | ||
| soil improvers | 28 |
