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.
Click on any thumbnail to view more information about the plant - including an interactive native range map, climate suitability analysis and irrigation requirements for your location, nursery coverage, photos, plant description and cultivation tips. Click on any "add to plantlist" button to add that plant to your custom plantlist. Less
1. Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
2. Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
3. Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
4. Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
5. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
6. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
7. Lindheimer’s Muhly
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri
8. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
9. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
10. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
11. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
12. Seep Muhly
Muhlenbergia reverchonii
13. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
14. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
15. Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
16. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
17. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
18. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
19. Common Rush
Juncus effusus
20. Slender Rush
Juncus tenuis
21. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
22. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
23. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
24. Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
25. Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
26. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
27. Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha
28. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
29. Creek Sedge
Carex amphibola
30. Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
31. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
32. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
33. Hairy Wildrye
Elymus villosus
34. Rufous Bulrush
Scirpus pendulus
35. Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
36. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
37. Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
38. Raven’s Foot Sedge
Carex crus-corvi
39. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
40. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
41. Texas Meadow Sedge
Carex perdentata
42. Texas Bluegrass
Poa arachnifera
43. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
44. Broomsedge Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus
45. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
46. Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
47. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
48. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
49. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
50. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
51. Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa saccharoides
52. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
53. Plains Lovegrass
Eragrostis intermedia
54. Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa
55. Oval-Leaf Sedge
Carex cephalophora
56. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
57. Sand Sedge
Carex muehlenbergii
58. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
59. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
60. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
61. Shoreline Sedge
Carex hyalinolepis
62. Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
63. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
64. Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
65. Margined Rush
Juncus marginatus
66. Shortfruit Rush
Juncus brachycarpus
67. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
68. Red Grama
Bouteloua trifida
69. Hall’s Panicgrass
Panicum hallii
70. False Hair Sedge
Carex bulbostylis
71. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
72. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
73. False Nutsedge
Cyperus strigosus
74. Tropical Flat Sedge
Cyperus surinamensis
75. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
76. Beaked Panic Grass
Coleataenia anceps
77. Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
78. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
79. Longspike Tridens
Tridens strictus
80. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
81. Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
82. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
83. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
84. Hairy-Seed Paspalum
Paspalum pubiflorum
85. Green Sprangletop
Disakisperma dubium
86. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
87. Mucronate Sprangletop
Leptochloa panicea
88. Tall Grama
Bouteloua pectinata
89. Itch Grass
Rottboellia campestris
90. Texas Signalgrass
Urochloa texana
My Garden Plantlist
(0 Plants )