This list shows 37 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. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
8. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
9. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
10. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
11. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
12. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
13. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
14. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
15. Sea Clubrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
16. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
17. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
18. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
19. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
20. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
21. Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa
22. Mesa Dropseed
Sporobolus flexuosus
23. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
24. Sand Bluestem
Andropogon hallii
25. Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
26. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
27. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
28. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
29. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
30. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
31. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
32. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
33. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
34. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
35. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
36. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
37. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
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