This list shows 74 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. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
5. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
6. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
7. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
8. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
9. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
10. Awl-Fruited Sedge
Carex stipata
11. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
12. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
13. Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
14. Slender Rush
Juncus tenuis
15. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
16. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
17. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
18. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
19. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
20. Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
21. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
22. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
23. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
24. White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
25. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
26. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
27. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
28. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
29. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
30. Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
31. Hairy Wildrye
Elymus villosus
32. Crested Sedge
Carex cristatella
33. Rufous Bulrush
Scirpus pendulus
34. Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
35. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
36. Bur-Reed Sedge
Carex sparganioides
37. Raven’s Foot Sedge
Carex crus-corvi
38. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
39. Earlyleaf Brome
Bromus latiglumis
40. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
41. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
42. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
43. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
44. Bicknell’s Sedge
Carex bicknellii
45. Sprengel’s Sedge
Carex sprengelii
46. Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
47. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
48. Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
49. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
50. Mexican Muhly
Muhlenbergia mexicana
51. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
52. Porcupinegrass
Stipa spartea
53. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
54. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
55. River Bulrush
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
56. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
57. Troublesome Sedge
Carex molesta
58. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
59. Soft Fox Sedge
Carex conjuncta
60. Shoreline Sedge
Carex hyalinolepis
61. Knotted Rush
Juncus nodosus
62. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
63. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
64. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
65. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
66. False Nutsedge
Cyperus strigosus
67. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
68. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
69. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
70. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
71. Hayden’s Sedge
Carex haydenii
72. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
73. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
74. Woodland Bluegrass
Poa sylvestris
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