This list shows 72 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. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
2. Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
3. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
4. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
5. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
6. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
7. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
8. California Brome
Bromus carinatus
9. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
10. Common Rush
Juncus effusus
11. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
12. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
13. Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
14. Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
15. Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus
16. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
17. Rough Bentgrass
Agrostis scabra
18. Nodding Needlegrass
Nassella cernua
19. Bush Muhly
Muhlenbergia porteri
20. Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
21. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
22. California Melicgrass
Melica californica
23. Purple Needlegrass
Nassella pulchra
24. Foothill Needlegrass
Nassella lepida
25. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
26. Chairmaker’s Bulrush
Schoenoplectus americanus
27. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
28. Golden Sedge
Carex aurea
29. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
30. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
31. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
32. Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
33. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
34. Big Squirreltail
Elymus multisetus
35. Big Galleta
Hilaria rigida
36. Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
37. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
38. Small Fescue
Festuca microstachys
39. Red-Rooted Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
40. Beaked Spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata
41. California Satintail
Imperata brevifolia
42. Spike Dropseed
Sporobolus contractus
43. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
44. Annual Hairgrass
Deschampsia danthonioides
45. California Threeawn
Aristida californica
46. Santa Barbara Sedge
Carex barbarae
47. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
48. Tall Flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
49. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
50. Spike Bentgrass
Agrostis exarata
51. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
52. California Bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
53. Pointed Rush
Juncus oxymeris
54. Swamp Sedge
Carex senta
55. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
56. Desert Needlegrass
Stipa speciosa
57. Longstyle Rush
Juncus longistylis
58. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
59. Indian Ricegrass
Eriocoma hymenoides
60. Mexican Rush
Juncus mexicanus
61. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
62. Nuttall’s Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
63. Crested Needlegrass
Eriocoma coronata
64. Nealley’s Three-awn
Aristida glauca
65. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
66. Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
67. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
68. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus dubius
69. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus rugulosus
70. Sixweeks Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis
71. Mexican Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
72. Schott’s Sedge
Carex schottii
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