This list shows 83 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. Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
5. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
6. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
7. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
8. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
9. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
10. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
11. Seep Muhly
Muhlenbergia reverchonii
12. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
13. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
14. Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
15. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
16. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
17. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
18. Common Rush
Juncus effusus
19. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
20. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
21. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
22. Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
23. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
24. Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha
25. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
26. Creek Sedge
Carex amphibola
27. Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
28. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
29. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
30. Rufous Bulrush
Scirpus pendulus
31. Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
32. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
33. Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
34. Raven’s Foot Sedge
Carex crus-corvi
35. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
36. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
37. Texas Meadow Sedge
Carex perdentata
38. Texas Bluegrass
Poa arachnifera
39. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
40. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
41. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
42. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
43. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
44. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
45. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
46. Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa saccharoides
47. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
48. Plains Lovegrass
Eragrostis intermedia
49. Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa
50. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
51. Sand Sedge
Carex muehlenbergii
52. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
53. Shoreline Sedge
Carex hyalinolepis
54. Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
55. Dwarf Spikerush
Eleocharis parvula
56. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
57. Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
58. Yellow Flatsedge
Cyperus flavescens
59. Flat-Stemmed Spike-Rush
Eleocharis compressa
60. Needlepod Rush
Juncus scirpoides
61. Margined Rush
Juncus marginatus
62. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
63. Roundhead Rush
Juncus validus
64. Hall’s Panicgrass
Panicum hallii
65. False Hair Sedge
Carex bulbostylis
66. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
67. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
68. False Nutsedge
Cyperus strigosus
69. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
70. Tropical Flat Sedge
Cyperus surinamensis
71. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
72. Beaked Panic Grass
Coleataenia anceps
73. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
74. Longspike Tridens
Tridens strictus
75. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
76. Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
77. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
78. Hairy-Seed Paspalum
Paspalum pubiflorum
79. Green Sprangletop
Disakisperma dubium
80. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
81. Tall Grama
Bouteloua pectinata
82. Itch Grass
Rottboellia campestris
83. Texas Signalgrass
Urochloa texana
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