This list shows 76 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. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
5. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
6. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
7. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
8. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
9. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
10. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
11. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
12. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
13. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
14. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
15. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
16. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
17. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
18. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
19. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
20. Arrowfeather Threeawn
Aristida purpurascens
21. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
22. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
23. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
24. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
25. Rufous Bulrush
Scirpus pendulus
26. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
27. Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
28. Bush’s Sedge
Carex bushii
29. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
30. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
31. Broomsedge Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus
32. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
33. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
34. Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
35. Stout Woodreed
Cinna arundinacea
36. Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
37. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
38. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
39. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
40. Mexican Muhly
Muhlenbergia mexicana
41. Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa saccharoides
42. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
43. Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa
44. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
45. Frank’s Sedge
Carex frankii
46. Sand Bluestem
Andropogon hallii
47. Porcupinegrass
Stipa spartea
48. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
49. Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
50. Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
51. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
52. River Bulrush
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
53. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
54. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
55. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
56. Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
57. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
58. Margined Rush
Juncus marginatus
59. Red-Rooted Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
60. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
61. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
62. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
63. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
64. Common Satin Grass
Muhlenbergia frondosa
65. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
66. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
67. Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
68. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
69. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
70. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
71. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
72. Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
73. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
74. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
75. Hairy-Seed Paspalum
Paspalum pubiflorum
76. Giant Dropseed
Sporobolus giganteus
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