This list shows 77 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. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
9. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
10. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
11. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
12. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
13. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
14. Basin Wild Rye
Leymus cinereus
15. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
16. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
17. Idaho Blue Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium idahoense
18. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
19. Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
20. Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
21. Rough Bentgrass
Agrostis scabra
22. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
23. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
24. American Manna Grass
Glyceria grandis
25. Sea Clubrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
26. Needle And Thread
Stipa comata
27. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
28. Foxtail Pricklegrass
Sporobolus alopecuroides
29. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
30. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
31. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
32. Chairmaker’s Bulrush
Schoenoplectus americanus
33. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
34. Meadow Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
35. Thickspike Wheatgrass
Elymus lanceolatus
36. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
37. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
38. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
39. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
40. Water Sedge
Carex aquatilis
41. Sand Bluestem
Andropogon hallii
42. Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
43. American Sloughgrass
Beckmannia syzigachne
44. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
45. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
46. Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
47. Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
48. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
49. Green Needlegrass
Nassella viridula
50. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
51. Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebrascensis
52. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
53. Rocky Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana
54. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
55. Knotted Rush
Juncus nodosus
56. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus hookerianus
57. Dwarf Spikerush
Eleocharis parvula
58. Plains Muhly
Muhlenbergia cuspidata
59. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
60. Threadleaf Sedge
Carex filifolia
61. Needle Grama
Bouteloua aristidoides
62. Slender Flatsedge
Cyperus bipartitus
63. Douglas’ Sedge
Carex douglasii
64. Fowl Bluegrass
Poa palustris
65. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
66. Broad-Glumed Wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
67. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
68. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
69. Shortawn Foxtail
Alopecurus aequalis
70. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
71. Indian Ricegrass
Eriocoma hymenoides
72. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
73. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
74. Nuttall’s Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
75. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
76. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
77. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
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