This list shows 67 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. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
5. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
6. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
7. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
8. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
9. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
10. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
11. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
12. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
13. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
14. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
15. Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
16. Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
17. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
18. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
19. Arrowfeather Threeawn
Aristida purpurascens
20. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
21. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
22. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
23. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
24. Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
25. Rufous Bulrush
Scirpus pendulus
26. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
27. Bush’s Sedge
Carex bushii
28. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
29. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
30. Broomsedge Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus
31. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
32. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
33. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
34. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
35. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
36. Mexican Muhly
Muhlenbergia mexicana
37. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
38. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
39. Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa
40. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
41. Sand Bluestem
Andropogon hallii
42. Porcupinegrass
Stipa spartea
43. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
44. Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
45. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
46. River Bulrush
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
47. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
48. Troublesome Sedge
Carex molesta
49. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
50. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
51. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
52. Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
53. Margined Rush
Juncus marginatus
54. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
55. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
56. False Nutsedge
Cyperus strigosus
57. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
58. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
59. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
60. Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
61. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
62. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
63. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
64. Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
65. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
66. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
67. Hairy-Seed Paspalum
Paspalum pubiflorum
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