This list shows 69 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. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
5. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
6. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
7. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
8. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
9. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
10. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
11. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
12. Awl-Fruited Sedge
Carex stipata
13. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
14. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
15. Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
16. Slender Rush
Juncus tenuis
17. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
18. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
19. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
20. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
21. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
22. Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
23. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
24. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
25. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
26. White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
27. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
28. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
29. Dark Green Bulrush
Scirpus atrovirens
30. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
31. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
32. Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
33. Hairy Wildrye
Elymus villosus
34. Crested Sedge
Carex cristatella
35. Rufous Bulrush
Scirpus pendulus
36. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
37. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
38. Earlyleaf Brome
Bromus latiglumis
39. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
40. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
41. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
42. Sprengel’s Sedge
Carex sprengelii
43. Stout Woodreed
Cinna arundinacea
44. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
45. Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
46. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
47. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
48. Mexican Muhly
Muhlenbergia mexicana
49. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
50. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
51. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
52. Porcupinegrass
Stipa spartea
53. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
54. River Bulrush
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
55. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
56. Troublesome Sedge
Carex molesta
57. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
58. Soft Fox Sedge
Carex conjuncta
59. Slim-Stem Small Reed Grass
Calamagrostis stricta
60. Knotted Rush
Juncus nodosus
61. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
62. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
63. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
64. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
65. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
66. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
67. Hayden’s Sedge
Carex haydenii
68. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
69. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
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