Poaceae are dominant are estimated to constitute 40.5% of the land area of the Earth, excluding Greenland and Antarctica. Grasses are also an important part of the vegetation in many other habitats, including wetlands, forests and tundra. The Poaceae are the most economically important plant family, providing staple foods from domesticated cereal crops such as maize, wheat, rice, barley, and millet as well as forage, building materials (bamboo, thatch, straw) and fuel (ethanol). Though they are commonly called "grasses", seagrasses, rushes, and sedges fall outside this family. The rushes and sedges are related to the Poaceae, being members of the order
The Home; or, Family Cares and Family Joys The Home; or, Family Cares and Family Joys The Home; or, Family Cares and Family Joys () is a 1839 Swedish novel written by Fredrika Bremer. The first English edition, translated by Mary Howitt, was published at London, 1843; and a German edition ("Das Haus, oder Familiensorgen und Familienfreuden"), Leipzig, 1844. An alternative English edition, translated by E A Friedlaender, was published at London in 1849. In "The Home", Fredrika Bremer for the first time shows herself as the champion of the emancipation of women and their advancement. For years afterward, and especially after her return from a visit to