This list shows 103 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. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
8. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
9. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
10. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
11. Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
12. Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
13. Big Sacaton
Sporobolus wrightii
14. Elliott’s Love Grass
Eragrostis elliottii
15. Common Rush
Juncus effusus
16. Slender Rush
Juncus tenuis
17. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
18. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
19. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
20. Starrush Whitetop
Rhynchospora colorata
21. Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
22. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
23. Haspan Flat Sedge
Cyperus haspan
24. Slender Woodoats
Chasmanthium laxum
25. Giant Cane
Arundinaria gigantea
26. Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
27. Sugarcane Plumegrass
Saccharum giganteum
28. Arrowfeather Threeawn
Aristida purpurascens
29. Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha
30. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
31. Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
32. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
33. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
34. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
35. Blue Bluestem
Andropogon tener
36. Raven’s Foot Sedge
Carex crus-corvi
37. Bush’s Sedge
Carex bushii
38. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
39. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
40. Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon
41. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
42. Broomsedge Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus
43. Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
44. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
45. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
46. Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
47. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
48. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
49. Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa
50. Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
51. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
52. Giant Cutgrass
Zizaniopsis miliacea
53. Common Carpetgrass
Axonopus fissifolius
54. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
55. Seacoast Bulrush
Bolboschoenus robustus
56. Sweet Grass
Muhlenbergia sericea
57. Shoreline Sedge
Carex hyalinolepis
58. Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
59. Two-Flower Melicgrass
Melica mutica
60. Manyspike Flatsedge
Cyperus polystachyos
61. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
62. Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
63. Smooth Cordgrass
Sporobolus alterniflorus
64. Variable Panicgrass
Panicum commutatum
65. Slender Spikerush
Eleocharis tenuis
66. Margined Rush
Juncus marginatus
67. Shortfruit Rush
Juncus brachycarpus
68. Lesser Creeping Rush
Juncus repens
69. Sawgrass
Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense
70. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
71. Saltmeadow Cordgrass
Sporobolus pumilus
72. False Nutsedge
Cyperus pseudovegetus
73. Brownseed Paspalum
Paspalum plicatulum
74. Roundhead Rush
Juncus validus
75. Hall’s Panicgrass
Panicum hallii
76. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
77. Tall Flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
78. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
79. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
80. California Bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
81. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
82. False Nutsedge
Cyperus strigosus
83. Velvet Panicum
Dichanthelium scoparium
84. Tropical Flat Sedge
Cyperus surinamensis
85. Texas Panicgrass
Coleataenia rigidula
86. Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
87. Longspike Tridens
Tridens strictus
88. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
89. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
90. Dichotomous Panic Grass
Dichanthelium dichotomum
91. Coast Cockspur Grass
Echinochloa walteri
92. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
93. Hairy-Seed Paspalum
Paspalum pubiflorum
94. Forked Rush
Juncus dichotomus
95. Gulfdune Paspalum
Paspalum monostachyum
96. Horned Beaksedge
Rhynchospora corniculata
97. Needleleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium aciculare
98. Lopsided Indian Grass
Rottboellia rugosa
99. Toothed Paspalum
Paspalum denticulatum
100. Broadleaf Signalgrass
Urochloa platyphylla
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