This list shows 89 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. Lindheimer’s Muhly
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri
7. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
8. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
9. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
10. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
11. Seep Muhly
Muhlenbergia reverchonii
12. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
13. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
14. Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
15. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
16. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
17. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
18. Slender Rush
Juncus tenuis
19. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
20. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
21. Starrush Whitetop
Rhynchospora colorata
22. Haspan Flat Sedge
Cyperus haspan
23. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
24. Arrowfeather Threeawn
Aristida purpurascens
25. Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha
26. Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
27. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
28. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
29. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
30. Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
31. Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
32. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
33. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
34. Texas Meadow Sedge
Carex perdentata
35. Texas Bluegrass
Poa arachnifera
36. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
37. Broomsedge Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus
38. Sallow Sedge
Carex lurida
39. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
40. Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
41. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
42. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
43. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
44. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
45. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
46. Plains Lovegrass
Eragrostis intermedia
47. Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa
48. Frank’s Sedge
Carex frankii
49. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
50. Sand Sedge
Carex muehlenbergii
51. Giant Cutgrass
Zizaniopsis miliacea
52. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
53. Swamp Sawgrass
Cladium mariscus
54. Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
55. Dwarf Spikerush
Eleocharis parvula
56. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
57. Margined Rush
Juncus marginatus
58. Beaked Spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata
59. Shortfruit Rush
Juncus brachycarpus
60. Curly Mesquite
Hilaria belangeri
61. Sawgrass
Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense
62. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
63. Threeflower Melicgrass
Melica nitens
64. Red Grama
Bouteloua trifida
65. Hall’s Panicgrass
Panicum hallii
66. False Hair Sedge
Carex bulbostylis
67. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
68. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
69. False Nutsedge
Cyperus strigosus
70. Bent Spikerush
Eleocharis geniculata
71. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
72. Beaked Panic Grass
Coleataenia anceps
73. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
74. Longspike Tridens
Tridens strictus
75. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
76. Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
77. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
78. Nealley’s Three-awn
Aristida glauca
79. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
80. Hairy-Seed Paspalum
Paspalum pubiflorum
81. Forked Rush
Juncus dichotomus
82. Green Sprangletop
Disakisperma dubium
83. Toothed Paspalum
Paspalum denticulatum
84. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
85. Angleton Grass
Dichanthium aristatum
86. Tall Grama
Bouteloua pectinata
87. Southwestern Bristle Grass
Setaria scheelei
88. Itch Grass
Rottboellia campestris
89. Texas Signalgrass
Urochloa texana
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