The following monocot list is the master list for this site.  It includes species from student coursework at West Valley College plus additional plants of interest.  Plant knowledge is an unending process.  Quite candidly, this list helps me find particular plants that I have lost on this website...maybe it will be helpful to you, too.

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Ornamental grasses, such as Miscanthus or Carex species, can often be found from other sources under perennials, which is also an appropriate way to categorize them.  Since monocots are unique, listing them here offers a reminder of their status that requires, at times, unusual care and management.  Palms, for example, should not be confused with broadleaf trees, as clean-up and pruning practices are significantly different.  Similarly, smaller grasses, as in the Miscanthus reference above, requires a different pruning practice than other winter-dormant perennials.