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. 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. Purple Needlegrass
Nassella pulchra
26. Foothill Needlegrass
Nassella lepida
27. Basket Rush
Juncus textilis
28. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
29. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
30. Chairmaker’s Bulrush
Schoenoplectus americanus
31. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
32. Meadow Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
33. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
34. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
35. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
36. Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
37. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
38. Big Squirreltail
Elymus multisetus
39. Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
40. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
41. Seacoast Bulrush
Bolboschoenus robustus
42. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
43. Muttongrass
Poa fendleriana
44. Small Fescue
Festuca microstachys
45. Red-Rooted Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
46. Beaked Spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata
47. Nodding Brome
Bromus anomalus
48. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
49. Annual Hairgrass
Deschampsia danthonioides
50. Douglas’ Sedge
Carex douglasii
51. Poverty Threeawn
Aristida divaricata
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. Spike Bentgrass
Agrostis exarata
58. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
59. California Bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
60. Pointed Rush
Juncus oxymeris
61. Brown-Headed Rush
Juncus phaeocephalus
62. Swamp Sedge
Carex senta
63. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
64. Desert Needlegrass
Stipa speciosa
65. Smooth Flatsedge
Cyperus laevigatus
66. Chinook Brome
Bromus laevipes
67. Mexican Rush
Juncus mexicanus
68. Crested Needlegrass
Eriocoma coronata
69. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
70. Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
71. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
72. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus dubius
73. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus rugulosus
74. Sixweeks Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis
75. Mexican Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
76. Schott’s Sedge
Carex schottii
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