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. Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
2. Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
3. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
4. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
5. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
6. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
7. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
8. Awl-Fruited Sedge
Carex stipata
9. Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
10. Tussock Sedge
Carex stricta
11. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
12. Bluejoint
Calamagrostis canadensis
13. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
14. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
15. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
16. White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
17. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
18. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
19. Dark Green Bulrush
Scirpus atrovirens
20. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
21. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
22. Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
23. Bebb’s Sedge
Carex bebbii
24. Hairy Wildrye
Elymus villosus
25. Crested Sedge
Carex cristatella
26. Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
27. Canadian Rush
Juncus canadensis
28. Bur-Reed Sedge
Carex sparganioides
29. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
30. Earlyleaf Brome
Bromus latiglumis
31. Pubescent Sedge
Carex hirtifolia
32. Quill Sedge
Carex tenera
33. Western Oak Sedge
Carex inops
34. Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
35. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
36. Bicknell’s Sedge
Carex bicknellii
37. Sprengel’s Sedge
Carex sprengelii
38. Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
39. Stout Woodreed
Cinna arundinacea
40. Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
41. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
42. Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
43. James’s Sedge
Carex jamesii
44. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
45. Hairy-Fruited Sedge
Carex trichocarpa
46. Mexican Muhly
Muhlenbergia mexicana
47. Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
48. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
49. Lake Sedge
Carex lacustris
50. Porcupinegrass
Stipa spartea
51. Oval-Leaf Sedge
Carex cephalophora
52. American Sloughgrass
Beckmannia syzigachne
53. Davis’ Sedge
Carex davisii
54. Riverbank Wild Rye
Elymus riparius
55. River Bulrush
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
56. Arctic Brome
Bromus kalmii
57. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
58. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
59. Rigid Sedge
Carex tetanica
60. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
61. Buxbaum’s Sedge
Carex buxbaumii
62. Wheat Sedge
Carex atherodes
63. Inland Sedge
Carex interior
64. Slim-Stem Small Reed Grass
Calamagrostis stricta
65. Knotted Rush
Juncus nodosus
66. Spiked Muhly
Muhlenbergia glomerata
67. Knotsheath Sedge
Carex retrorsa
68. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
69. Field Sedge
Carex conoidea
70. Matted Spikerush
Eleocharis intermedia
71. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
72. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
73. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
74. Hayden’s Sedge
Carex haydenii
75. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
76. Woodland Bluegrass
Poa sylvestris
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