This list shows 84 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. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
14. Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
15. Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
16. Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
17. Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus
18. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
19. Nodding Needlegrass
Nassella cernua
20. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
21. Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
22. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
23. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
24. Sea Clubrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
25. Needle And Thread
Stipa comata
26. Seashore Bentgrass
Agrostis pallens
27. Purple Needlegrass
Nassella pulchra
28. Foothill Needlegrass
Nassella lepida
29. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
30. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
31. Chairmaker’s Bulrush
Schoenoplectus americanus
32. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
33. Meadow Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
34. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
35. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
36. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
37. Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
38. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
39. Big Squirreltail
Elymus multisetus
40. Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
41. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
42. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
43. Seacoast Bulrush
Bolboschoenus robustus
44. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
45. Small Fescue
Festuca microstachys
46. Red-Rooted Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
47. Beaked Spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata
48. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
49. Annual Hairgrass
Deschampsia danthonioides
50. Douglas’ Sedge
Carex douglasii
51. Fowl Bluegrass
Poa palustris
52. Santa Barbara Sedge
Carex barbarae
53. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
54. Tall Flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
55. Broad-Glumed Wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
56. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
57. Alaska Brome
Bromus sitchensis
58. Mountain Brome
Bromus marginatus
59. Spike Bentgrass
Agrostis exarata
60. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
61. California Bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
62. Pointed Rush
Juncus oxymeris
63. Brown-Headed Rush
Juncus phaeocephalus
64. Swamp Sedge
Carex senta
65. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
66. Smooth Flatsedge
Cyperus laevigatus
67. Shortawn Foxtail
Alopecurus aequalis
68. Bent Spikerush
Eleocharis geniculata
69. Chinook Brome
Bromus laevipes
70. Mexican Rush
Juncus mexicanus
71. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
72. Nuttall’s Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
73. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
74. Crested Needlegrass
Eriocoma coronata
75. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
76. Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
77. California Canarygrass
Phalaris californica
78. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
79. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus dubius
80. Dwarf Barley
Hordeum depressum
81. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus rugulosus
82. Sixweeks Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis
83. Mexican Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
84. Schott’s Sedge
Carex schottii
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