This list shows 64 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. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
2. Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
3. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
4. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
5. California Brome
Bromus carinatus
6. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
7. Common Rush
Juncus effusus
8. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
9. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
10. Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
11. Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
12. Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus
13. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
14. Nodding Needlegrass
Nassella cernua
15. Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
16. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
17. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
18. Seashore Bentgrass
Agrostis pallens
19. Purple Needlegrass
Nassella pulchra
20. Foothill Needlegrass
Nassella lepida
21. Basket Rush
Juncus textilis
22. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
23. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
24. Chairmaker’s Bulrush
Schoenoplectus americanus
25. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
26. Meadow Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
27. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
28. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
29. Sword-Leaved Rush
Juncus ensifolius
30. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
31. Big Squirreltail
Elymus multisetus
32. Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
33. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
34. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
35. Small Fescue
Festuca microstachys
36. Red-Rooted Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
37. Nodding Brome
Bromus anomalus
38. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
39. Douglas’ Sedge
Carex douglasii
40. Poverty Threeawn
Aristida divaricata
41. Fowl Bluegrass
Poa palustris
42. Santa Barbara Sedge
Carex barbarae
43. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
44. Tall Flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
45. Broad-Glumed Wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
46. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
47. Mountain Brome
Bromus marginatus
48. Spike Bentgrass
Agrostis exarata
49. California Bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
50. Brown-Headed Rush
Juncus phaeocephalus
51. Swamp Sedge
Carex senta
52. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
53. Desert Needlegrass
Stipa speciosa
54. Smooth Flatsedge
Cyperus laevigatus
55. Chinook Brome
Bromus laevipes
56. Mexican Rush
Juncus mexicanus
57. Crested Needlegrass
Eriocoma coronata
58. Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
59. California Barley
Hordeum californicum
60. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
61. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus rugulosus
62. Sixweeks Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis
63. Mexican Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
64. Schott’s Sedge
Carex schottii
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