This list shows 96 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. Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
4. Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
5. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
6. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
7. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
8. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
9. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
10. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
11. Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
12. Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
13. Elliott’s Love Grass
Eragrostis elliottii
14. Common Rush
Juncus effusus
15. Slender Rush
Juncus tenuis
16. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
17. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
18. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
19. Starrush Whitetop
Rhynchospora colorata
20. Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
21. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
22. Haspan Flat Sedge
Cyperus haspan
23. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
24. Slender Woodoats
Chasmanthium laxum
25. Giant Cane
Arundinaria gigantea
26. Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
27. Sugarcane Plumegrass
Saccharum giganteum
28. Arrowfeather Threeawn
Aristida purpurascens
29. Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha
30. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
31. Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
32. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
33. Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
34. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
35. Blue Bluestem
Andropogon tener
36. Raven’s Foot Sedge
Carex crus-corvi
37. Bush’s Sedge
Carex bushii
38. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
39. Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon
40. Gulf Coast Spikerush
Eleocharis cellulosa
41. Broomsedge Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus
42. Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
43. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
44. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
45. Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
46. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
47. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
48. Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
49. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
50. Giant Cutgrass
Zizaniopsis miliacea
51. Common Carpetgrass
Axonopus fissifolius
52. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
53. Seacoast Bulrush
Bolboschoenus robustus
54. Sweet Grass
Muhlenbergia sericea
55. Shoreline Sedge
Carex hyalinolepis
56. Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
57. Two-Flower Melicgrass
Melica mutica
58. Manyspike Flatsedge
Cyperus polystachyos
59. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
60. Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
61. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
62. Smooth Cordgrass
Sporobolus alterniflorus
63. Variable Panicgrass
Panicum commutatum
64. Slender Spikerush
Eleocharis tenuis
65. Margined Rush
Juncus marginatus
66. Shortfruit Rush
Juncus brachycarpus
67. Lesser Creeping Rush
Juncus repens
68. Sawgrass
Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense
69. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
70. Saltmeadow Cordgrass
Sporobolus pumilus
71. False Nutsedge
Cyperus pseudovegetus
72. Brownseed Paspalum
Paspalum plicatulum
73. Roundhead Rush
Juncus validus
74. Hall’s Panicgrass
Panicum hallii
75. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
76. Tall Flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
77. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
78. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
79. False Nutsedge
Cyperus strigosus
80. Velvet Panicum
Dichanthelium scoparium
81. Beaked Panic Grass
Coleataenia anceps
82. Texas Panicgrass
Coleataenia rigidula
83. Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
84. Longspike Tridens
Tridens strictus
85. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
86. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
87. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
88. Hairy-Seed Paspalum
Paspalum pubiflorum
89. Gulfdune Paspalum
Paspalum monostachyum
90. Horned Beaksedge
Rhynchospora corniculata
91. Needleleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium aciculare
92. Toothed Paspalum
Paspalum denticulatum
93. Broadleaf Signalgrass
Urochloa platyphylla
94. Angleton Grass
Dichanthium aristatum
95. Gulf Cordgrass
Sporobolus spartinae
96. Itch Grass
Rottboellia campestris
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