This list shows 88 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. Basin Wild Rye
Leymus cinereus
16. Bluejoint
Calamagrostis canadensis
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. Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
22. Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
23. Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus
24. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
25. Rough Bentgrass
Agrostis scabra
26. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
27. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
28. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
29. Bebb’s Sedge
Carex bebbii
30. American Manna Grass
Glyceria grandis
31. Needle And Thread
Stipa comata
32. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
33. Foxtail Pricklegrass
Sporobolus alopecuroides
34. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
35. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
36. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
37. Chairmaker’s Bulrush
Schoenoplectus americanus
38. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
39. Meadow Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
40. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
41. Golden Sedge
Carex aurea
42. Thickspike Wheatgrass
Elymus lanceolatus
43. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
44. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
45. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
46. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
47. Water Sedge
Carex aquatilis
48. Sand Bluestem
Andropogon hallii
49. Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
50. Porcupinegrass
Stipa spartea
51. American Sloughgrass
Beckmannia syzigachne
52. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
53. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
54. Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
55. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
56. Green Needlegrass
Nassella viridula
57. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
58. Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebrascensis
59. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
60. Rocky Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana
61. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
62. Wheat Sedge
Carex atherodes
63. Knotted Rush
Juncus nodosus
64. Dwarf Spikerush
Eleocharis parvula
65. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
66. Threadleaf Sedge
Carex filifolia
67. Red-Rooted Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
68. Needle Grama
Bouteloua aristidoides
69. Slender Flatsedge
Cyperus bipartitus
70. Douglas’ Sedge
Carex douglasii
71. Fowl Bluegrass
Poa palustris
72. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
73. Broad-Glumed Wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
74. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
75. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
76. Longstyle Rush
Juncus longistylis
77. Shortawn Foxtail
Alopecurus aequalis
78. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
79. Indian Ricegrass
Eriocoma hymenoides
80. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
81. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
82. Nuttall’s Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
83. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
84. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
85. Pale Bulrush
Scirpus pallidus
86. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
87. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
88. Mertens’ Rush
Juncus mertensianus
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