This list shows 68 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. Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
4. Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
5. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
6. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
7. Lindheimer’s Muhly
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri
8. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
9. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
10. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
11. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
12. Seep Muhly
Muhlenbergia reverchonii
13. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
14. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
15. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
16. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
17. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
18. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
19. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
20. Arrowfeather Threeawn
Aristida purpurascens
21. Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha
22. Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
23. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
24. Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
25. Texas Meadow Sedge
Carex perdentata
26. Texas Bluegrass
Poa arachnifera
27. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
28. Broomsedge Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus
29. Sallow Sedge
Carex lurida
30. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
31. Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
32. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
33. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
34. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
35. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
36. Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa saccharoides
37. Plains Lovegrass
Eragrostis intermedia
38. Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa
39. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
40. Sand Sedge
Carex muehlenbergii
41. Giant Cutgrass
Zizaniopsis miliacea
42. Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
43. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
44. Margined Rush
Juncus marginatus
45. Shortfruit Rush
Juncus brachycarpus
46. Curly Mesquite
Hilaria belangeri
47. Sawgrass
Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense
48. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
49. Threeflower Melicgrass
Melica nitens
50. Red Grama
Bouteloua trifida
51. Hall’s Panicgrass
Panicum hallii
52. False Hair Sedge
Carex bulbostylis
53. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
54. Bent Spikerush
Eleocharis geniculata
55. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
56. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
57. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
58. Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
59. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
60. Coast Cockspur Grass
Echinochloa walteri
61. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
62. Hairy-Seed Paspalum
Paspalum pubiflorum
63. Forked Rush
Juncus dichotomus
64. Green Sprangletop
Disakisperma dubium
65. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
66. Tall Grama
Bouteloua pectinata
67. Southwestern Bristle Grass
Setaria scheelei
68. Itch Grass
Rottboellia campestris
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