This list shows 36 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. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
5. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
6. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
7. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
8. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
9. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
10. Tussock Sedge
Carex stricta
11. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
12. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
13. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
14. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
15. American Manna Grass
Glyceria grandis
16. Earlyleaf Brome
Bromus latiglumis
17. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
18. Sprengel’s Sedge
Carex sprengelii
19. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
20. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
21. Small Floating Mannagrass
Glyceria borealis
22. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
23. American Sloughgrass
Beckmannia syzigachne
24. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
25. Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
26. River Bulrush
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
27. Green Needlegrass
Nassella viridula
28. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
29. Wheat Sedge
Carex atherodes
30. Threadleaf Sedge
Carex filifolia
31. Fowl Bluegrass
Poa palustris
32. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
33. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
34. Nuttall’s Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
35. Prairie Sandreed
Sporobolus rigidus
36. Whitescale Sedge
Carex xerantica
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