Natural Resources Conservation Service

Caribbean Area

United States Department of Agriculture

Areas Of Focus

Bomberos demonstration wildfire prevention to Jardines de Ponce Intermediate School students-041015

PR Contra al Fuego (Wildfire Prevention Initiative) Photo Gallery

Grass Guide (Guía de Yerbas)

(Guía Ilustrada de Yerbas Comunes en Puerto Rico)

image of Caribbean Grass Guide (Guia de Yerbas) cover

This comprehensive reference manual is currently only available electronically in Spanish. The manual has been broken into several documents to reduce file size and facilitate downloading below.

Preface, Introduction, Ecology, Morphology & Usage (Introducción, Ecología, Morfología y Usos, PDF; 411 KB)
Grass Descriptions, including line drawings (Yerbas Descripción, PDF; 5.7 MB)
Appendices I-III: Bibliography, Glossary, Agricultural land areas in other Caribbean Countries (Bibliografía, Glosario, Superficies agrícolas en algunos países, PDF; 90 KB)
Appendix IV: Color Plates of Grass Species (Láminas a Color, PDF; 5.9 MB)
Appendices V-VII: Index by Plant Name, Index of B&W Drawings, Index of Color Plates (Índice de Nombres Técnicos, Sinónimos y Nombres Comunes en Español e Inglés, Indice de Figuras en Blanco y Negro, Indice de Figuras a Color, PDF; 173 KB)

Contact

Mario Rodríguez, State Resource Conservationist, 787-766-5065 or 787-980-6516