This list shows 86 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. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
12. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
13. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
14. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
15. Basin Wild Rye
Leymus cinereus
16. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
17. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
18. Idaho Blue Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium idahoense
19. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
20. Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
21. Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
22. Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus
23. Rough Bentgrass
Agrostis scabra
24. New Mexico Feathergrass
Stipa neomexicana
25. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
26. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
27. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
28. American Manna Grass
Glyceria grandis
29. Sea Clubrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
30. Needle And Thread
Stipa comata
31. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
32. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
33. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
34. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
35. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
36. Northwest Territory Sedge
Carex utriculata
37. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
38. Thickspike Wheatgrass
Elymus lanceolatus
39. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
40. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
41. Spike Trisetum
Trisetum spicatum
42. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
43. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
44. Water Sedge
Carex aquatilis
45. Sand Bluestem
Andropogon hallii
46. Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
47. American Sloughgrass
Beckmannia syzigachne
48. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
49. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
50. Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
51. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
52. Green Needlegrass
Nassella viridula
53. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
54. Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebrascensis
55. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
56. Rocky Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana
57. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
58. Bluebunch Wheatgrass
Elymus spicatus
59. Muttongrass
Poa fendleriana
60. Wheat Sedge
Carex atherodes
61. Slim-Stem Small Reed Grass
Calamagrostis stricta
62. Knotted Rush
Juncus nodosus
63. Dwarf Spikerush
Eleocharis parvula
64. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
65. Threadleaf Sedge
Carex filifolia
66. Red-Rooted Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
67. Beaked Spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata
68. Douglas’ Sedge
Carex douglasii
69. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
70. Broad-Glumed Wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
71. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
72. Mountain Brome
Bromus marginatus
73. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
74. Longstyle Rush
Juncus longistylis
75. Shortawn Foxtail
Alopecurus aequalis
76. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
77. Indian Ricegrass
Eriocoma hymenoides
78. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
79. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
80. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
81. Nuttall’s Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
82. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
83. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
84. Pale Bulrush
Scirpus pallidus
85. Prairie Sandreed
Sporobolus rigidus
86. Mertens’ Rush
Juncus mertensianus
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