This list shows 90 grasses that are native to your location, and are carried in nurseries. Plants are ordered by their popularity in gardening applications.
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1. Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
2. Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
3. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
4. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
5. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
6. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
7. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
8. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
9. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
10. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
11. Awl-Fruited Sedge
Carex stipata
12. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
13. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
14. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
15. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
16. Basin Wild Rye
Leymus cinereus
17. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
18. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
19. Idaho Blue Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium idahoense
20. Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
21. Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
22. Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus
23. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
24. Rough Bentgrass
Agrostis scabra
25. New Mexico Feathergrass
Stipa neomexicana
26. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
27. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
28. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
29. Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
30. Bebb’s Sedge
Carex bebbii
31. American Manna Grass
Glyceria grandis
32. Needle And Thread
Stipa comata
33. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
34. Foxtail Pricklegrass
Sporobolus alopecuroides
35. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
36. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
37. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
38. Sprengel’s Sedge
Carex sprengelii
39. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
40. Northwest Territory Sedge
Carex utriculata
41. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
42. Golden Sedge
Carex aurea
43. Thickspike Wheatgrass
Elymus lanceolatus
44. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
45. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
46. Arizona Fescue
Festuca arizonica
47. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
48. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
49. Sand Bluestem
Andropogon hallii
50. Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
51. American Sloughgrass
Beckmannia syzigachne
52. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
53. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
54. Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
55. Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebraskensis
56. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
57. Green Needlegrass
Nassella viridula
58. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
59. Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebrascensis
60. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
61. Rocky Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana
62. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
63. Muttongrass
Poa fendleriana
64. Wheat Sedge
Carex atherodes
65. Wright’s Muhly
Muhlenbergia wrightii
66. Mountain Muhly
Muhlenbergia montana
67. Slim-Stem Small Reed Grass
Calamagrostis stricta
68. Knotted Rush
Juncus nodosus
69. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
70. Threadleaf Sedge
Carex filifolia
71. Needle Grama
Bouteloua aristidoides
72. Fowl Bluegrass
Poa palustris
73. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
74. Broad-Glumed Wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
75. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
76. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
77. Longstyle Rush
Juncus longistylis
78. Shortawn Foxtail
Alopecurus aequalis
79. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
80. Indian Ricegrass
Eriocoma hymenoides
81. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
82. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
83. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
84. Nuttall’s Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
85. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
86. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
87. Pale Bulrush
Scirpus pallidus
88. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
89. Prairie Sandreed
Sporobolus rigidus
90. Mertens’ Rush
Juncus mertensianus
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