This list shows 98 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. Muskingum Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
8. Gray’s Sedge
Carex grayi
9. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
10. Awl-Fruited Sedge
Carex stipata
11. Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
12. Slender Rush
Juncus tenuis
13. Tussock Sedge
Carex stricta
14. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
15. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
16. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
17. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
18. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
19. White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
20. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
21. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
22. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
23. Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
24. Hairy Wildrye
Elymus villosus
25. Crested Sedge
Carex cristatella
26. Rufous Bulrush
Scirpus pendulus
27. Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
28. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
29. Bur-Reed Sedge
Carex sparganioides
30. Raven’s Foot Sedge
Carex crus-corvi
31. Bush’s Sedge
Carex bushii
32. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
33. Earlyleaf Brome
Bromus latiglumis
34. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
35. Quill Sedge
Carex tenera
36. Western Oak Sedge
Carex inops
37. Shaved Sedge
Carex tonsa
38. Eggleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium ovale
39. Sallow Sedge
Carex lurida
40. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
41. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
42. Bicknell’s Sedge
Carex bicknellii
43. Sprengel’s Sedge
Carex sprengelii
44. Stout Woodreed
Cinna arundinacea
45. Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
46. Graceful Sedge
Carex gracillima
47. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
48. Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
49. Limestone Meadow Sedge
Carex granularis
50. James’s Sedge
Carex jamesii
51. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
52. Hairy-Fruited Sedge
Carex trichocarpa
53. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
54. Mexican Muhly
Muhlenbergia mexicana
55. Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
56. Short’s Sedge
Carex shortiana
57. Oval-Leaf Sedge
Carex cephalophora
58. Cattail Sedge
Carex typhina
59. Blister Sedge
Carex vesicaria
60. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
61. Sand Sedge
Carex muehlenbergii
62. Riverbank Wild Rye
Elymus riparius
63. Arctic Brome
Bromus kalmii
64. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
65. Troublesome Sedge
Carex molesta
66. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
67. Soft Fox Sedge
Carex conjuncta
68. Upland Bentgrass
Agrostis perennans
69. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
70. Flat-Stemmed Spike-Rush
Eleocharis compressa
71. Slender Spikerush
Eleocharis tenuis
72. Red-Rooted Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
73. Broad Loose-Flowered Sedge
Carex laxiflora
74. Slender Flatsedge
Cyperus bipartitus
75. Threeflower Melicgrass
Melica nitens
76. Fowl Bluegrass
Poa palustris
77. White Grass
Leersia virginica
78. Fringed Brome
Bromus ciliatus
79. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
80. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
81. False Nutsedge
Cyperus strigosus
82. Common Satin Grass
Muhlenbergia frondosa
83. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
84. Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
85. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
86. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
87. Hayden’s Sedge
Carex haydenii
88. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
89. Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
90. Catchfly Grass
Leersia lenticularis
91. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
92. Northern Mannagrass
Glyceria septentrionalis
93. Coast Cockspur Grass
Echinochloa walteri
94. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
95. Broadleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium latifolium
96. Woodland Bluegrass
Poa sylvestris
97. Prairie Sandreed
Sporobolus rigidus
98. Slender Bulrush
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus
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