This list shows 76 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. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
2. Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
3. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
4. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
5. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
6. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
7. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
8. California Brome
Bromus carinatus
9. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
10. Common Rush
Juncus effusus
11. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
12. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
13. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
14. Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
15. Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
16. Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus
17. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
18. Rough Bentgrass
Agrostis scabra
19. Nodding Needlegrass
Nassella cernua
20. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
21. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
22. Sea Clubrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
23. Purple Needlegrass
Nassella pulchra
24. Foothill Needlegrass
Nassella lepida
25. Basket Rush
Juncus textilis
26. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
27. Chairmaker’s Bulrush
Schoenoplectus americanus
28. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
29. Golden Sedge
Carex aurea
30. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
31. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
32. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
33. Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
34. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
35. Big Squirreltail
Elymus multisetus
36. Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
37. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
38. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
39. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
40. Muttongrass
Poa fendleriana
41. Rusty Slender Sedge
Carex subfusca
42. Lesser Tussock-Sedge
Carex diandra
43. Small Fescue
Festuca microstachys
44. Alpine Fescue
Festuca brachyphylla
45. Red-Rooted Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
46. California Satintail
Imperata brevifolia
47. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
48. Annual Hairgrass
Deschampsia danthonioides
49. Santa Barbara Sedge
Carex barbarae
50. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
51. Tall Flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
52. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
53. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
54. California Bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
55. Pointed Rush
Juncus oxymeris
56. Brown-Headed Rush
Juncus phaeocephalus
57. Swamp Sedge
Carex senta
58. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
59. Desert Needlegrass
Stipa speciosa
60. Smooth Flatsedge
Cyperus laevigatus
61. Indian Ricegrass
Eriocoma hymenoides
62. Mexican Rush
Juncus mexicanus
63. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
64. Nuttall’s Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
65. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
66. Crested Needlegrass
Eriocoma coronata
67. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
68. Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
69. California Barley
Hordeum californicum
70. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
71. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus dubius
72. Dwarf Barley
Hordeum depressum
73. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus rugulosus
74. Sixweeks Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis
75. Mexican Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
76. Schott’s Sedge
Carex schottii
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