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. Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
4. Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
5. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
6. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
7. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
8. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
9. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
10. Muskingum Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
11. Gray’s Sedge
Carex grayi
12. Creeping Sedge
Carex laxiculmis
13. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
14. Awl-Fruited Sedge
Carex stipata
15. Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
16. Slender Rush
Juncus tenuis
17. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
18. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
19. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
20. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
21. Blue Sedge
Carex glaucodea
22. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
23. White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
24. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
25. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
26. Creek Sedge
Carex amphibola
27. Dark Green Bulrush
Scirpus atrovirens
28. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
29. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
30. Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
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. Earlyleaf Brome
Bromus latiglumis
38. Pubescent Sedge
Carex hirtifolia
39. Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
40. Longhair Sedge
Carex comosa
41. Sallow Sedge
Carex lurida
42. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
43. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
44. Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
45. Stout Woodreed
Cinna arundinacea
46. Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
47. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
48. Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
49. Limestone Meadow Sedge
Carex granularis
50. James’s Sedge
Carex jamesii
51. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
52. Mexican Muhly
Muhlenbergia mexicana
53. Swan’s Sedge
Carex swanii
54. Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
55. Frank’s Sedge
Carex frankii
56. Lake Sedge
Carex lacustris
57. Short’s Sedge
Carex shortiana
58. Squarrose Sedge
Carex squarrosa
59. Oval-Leaf Sedge
Carex cephalophora
60. Cattail Sedge
Carex typhina
61. Ovate Spikerush
Eleocharis ovata
62. Arctic Brome
Bromus kalmii
63. Large Yellow Sedge
Carex flava
64. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
65. Soft Fox Sedge
Carex conjuncta
66. Upland Bentgrass
Agrostis perennans
67. Hairy Woodland Sedge
Carex hirsutella
68. Slender Looseflower Sedge
Carex gracilescens
69. Broad Loose-Flowered Sedge
Carex laxiflora
70. Fibrousroot Sedge
Carex communis
71. False Nutsedge
Cyperus strigosus
72. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
73. Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
74. Woodland Bluegrass
Poa sylvestris
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