Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sporobolus spicatus, also known as salt grass, is a halophyte. Poaceae (formerly known as Gramineae) are a family in the Class Liliopsida (the monocots) of the flowering plants. Plants of this family are usually called grasses, or, to distinguish them from other graminoids, true grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo (there are also herbaceous, non-woody bamboos).