This list shows 75 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. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
4. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
5. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
6. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
7. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
8. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
9. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
10. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
11. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
12. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
13. Bluejoint
Calamagrostis canadensis
14. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
15. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
16. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
17. New Mexico Feathergrass
Stipa neomexicana
18. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
19. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
20. Bebb’s Sedge
Carex bebbii
21. American Manna Grass
Glyceria grandis
22. Needle And Thread
Stipa comata
23. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
24. Western Oak Sedge
Carex inops
25. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
26. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
27. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
28. Northwest Territory Sedge
Carex utriculata
29. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
30. Golden Sedge
Carex aurea
31. Thickspike Wheatgrass
Elymus lanceolatus
32. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
33. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
34. Arizona Fescue
Festuca arizonica
35. Spike Trisetum
Trisetum spicatum
36. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
37. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
38. Water Sedge
Carex aquatilis
39. Sand Bluestem
Andropogon hallii
40. Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
41. American Sloughgrass
Beckmannia syzigachne
42. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
43. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
44. Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
45. Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebraskensis
46. Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
47. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
48. Green Needlegrass
Nassella viridula
49. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
50. Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebrascensis
51. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
52. Rocky Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana
53. James’ Galleta
Hilaria jamesii
54. Muttongrass
Poa fendleriana
55. Wheat Sedge
Carex atherodes
56. Wright’s Muhly
Muhlenbergia wrightii
57. Mountain Muhly
Muhlenbergia montana
58. Slim-Stem Small Reed Grass
Calamagrostis stricta
59. Knotted Rush
Juncus nodosus
60. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
61. Nodding Brome
Bromus anomalus
62. Sandhill Muhly
Muhlenbergia pungens
63. Hall’s Panicgrass
Panicum hallii
64. Poverty Threeawn
Aristida divaricata
65. Fringed Brome
Bromus ciliatus
66. Broad-Glumed Wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
67. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
68. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
69. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
70. Indian Ricegrass
Eriocoma hymenoides
71. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
72. Nuttall’s Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
73. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
74. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
75. Prairie Sandreed
Sporobolus rigidus
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