This list shows 92 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. Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
4. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
5. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
6. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
7. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
8. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
9. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
10. Gray’s Sedge
Carex grayi
11. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
12. Awl-Fruited Sedge
Carex stipata
13. Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
14. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
15. Fringed Sedge
Carex crinita
16. Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
17. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
18. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
19. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
20. American Beakgrain
Diarrhena obovata
21. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
22. Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
23. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
24. Common Woodrush
Luzula multiflora
25. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
26. Hairy Woodrush
Luzula acuminata
27. White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
28. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
29. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
30. Creek Sedge
Carex amphibola
31. Dark Green Bulrush
Scirpus atrovirens
32. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
33. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
34. Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
35. Bebb’s Sedge
Carex bebbii
36. Hairy Wildrye
Elymus villosus
37. Crested Sedge
Carex cristatella
38. Rufous Bulrush
Scirpus pendulus
39. Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
40. Canadian Rush
Juncus canadensis
41. Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
42. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
43. Earlyleaf Brome
Bromus latiglumis
44. Pubescent Sedge
Carex hirtifolia
45. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
46. Shaved Sedge
Carex tonsa
47. Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
48. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
49. Bicknell’s Sedge
Carex bicknellii
50. Sprengel’s Sedge
Carex sprengelii
51. Pretty Sedge
Carex woodii
52. Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
53. Stout Woodreed
Cinna arundinacea
54. Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
55. Graceful Sedge
Carex gracillima
56. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
57. Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
58. Limestone Meadow Sedge
Carex granularis
59. James’s Sedge
Carex jamesii
60. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
61. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
62. Mexican Muhly
Muhlenbergia mexicana
63. Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
64. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
65. Lake Sedge
Carex lacustris
66. Porcupinegrass
Stipa spartea
67. Oval-Leaf Sedge
Carex cephalophora
68. Three-Way Sedge
Dulichium arundinaceum
69. Cattail Sedge
Carex typhina
70. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
71. Sand Sedge
Carex muehlenbergii
72. Sweetgrass
Anthoxanthum nitens
73. Riverbank Wild Rye
Elymus riparius
74. River Bulrush
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
75. Arctic Brome
Bromus kalmii
76. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
77. Troublesome Sedge
Carex molesta
78. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
79. Annual Wildrice
Zizania aquatica
80. Slim-Stem Small Reed Grass
Calamagrostis stricta
81. Grove Bluegrass
Poa alsodes
82. Matted Spikerush
Eleocharis intermedia
83. Fringed Brome
Bromus ciliatus
84. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
85. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
86. False Melic
Schizachne purpurascens
87. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
88. Hayden’s Sedge
Carex haydenii
89. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
90. Black-Fruited Rice Grass
Oryzopsis racemosa
91. Broadleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium latifolium
92. Woodland Bluegrass
Poa sylvestris
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