This list shows 86 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. Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
3. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
4. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
5. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
6. Awl-Fruited Sedge
Carex stipata
7. Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
8. Elliott’s Love Grass
Eragrostis elliottii
9. Wiregrass
Aristida stricta
10. Common Rush
Juncus effusus
11. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
12. Starrush Whitetop
Rhynchospora colorata
13. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
14. Haspan Flat Sedge
Cyperus haspan
15. Slender Woodoats
Chasmanthium laxum
16. Giant Cane
Arundinaria gigantea
17. Sugarcane Plumegrass
Saccharum giganteum
18. Seashore Paspalum
Paspalum vaginatum
19. Arrowfeather Threeawn
Aristida purpurascens
20. Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
21. Sea Oats
Uniola paniculata
22. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
23. Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon
24. Gulf Coast Spikerush
Eleocharis cellulosa
25. Eggleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium ovale
26. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
27. Broomsedge Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus
28. Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
29. Longhair Sedge
Carex comosa
30. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
31. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
32. Beach Dropseed
Sporobolus virginicus
33. Knotted Spikerush
Eleocharis interstincta
34. Blue Crowngrass
Paspalum caespitosum
35. Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
36. Black Needlerush
Juncus roemerianus
37. Carpet Grass
Axonopus compressus
38. Common Carpetgrass
Axonopus fissifolius
39. Swamp Sawgrass
Cladium mariscus
40. Seacoast Bulrush
Bolboschoenus robustus
41. Sweet Grass
Muhlenbergia sericea
42. Manyspike Flatsedge
Cyperus polystachyos
43. Yellow Flatsedge
Cyperus flavescens
44. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
45. Smooth Cordgrass
Sporobolus alterniflorus
46. Needlepod Rush
Juncus scirpoides
47. Variable Panicgrass
Panicum commutatum
48. Margined Rush
Juncus marginatus
49. Viviparous Spikerush
Eleocharis vivipara
50. Red-Rooted Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
51. Horsetail Paspalum
Paspalum repens
52. Field Paspalum
Paspalum laeve
53. Lesser Creeping Rush
Juncus repens
54. Sawgrass
Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense
55. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
56. Saltmeadow Cordgrass
Sporobolus pumilus
57. Maiden Cane
Paspalum dissectum
58. Horsetail Spike-Rush
Eleocharis equisetoides
59. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
60. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
61. False Nutsedge
Cyperus strigosus
62. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
63. Bristly-Stalked Sedge
Carex leptalea
64. Tropical Flat Sedge
Cyperus surinamensis
65. Bent Spikerush
Eleocharis geniculata
66. Beaked Panic Grass
Coleataenia anceps
67. Texas Panicgrass
Coleataenia rigidula
68. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
69. Carabao Grass
Paspalum conjugatum
70. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
71. Dichotomous Panic Grass
Dichanthelium dichotomum
72. Coast Cockspur Grass
Echinochloa walteri
73. Forked Rush
Juncus dichotomus
74. Shortspike Bluestem
Andropogon brachystachyus
75. Bighead Rush
Juncus megacephalus
76. Horned Beaksedge
Rhynchospora corniculata
77. Lopsided Indian Grass
Rottboellia rugosa
78. Small-Fruited Spikesedge
Eleocharis microcarpa
79. Broadleaf Signalgrass
Urochloa platyphylla
80. American Cupscale
Sacciolepis striata
81. Sourgrass
Digitaria insularis
82. Gulf Cordgrass
Sporobolus spartinae
83. Itch Grass
Rottboellia campestris
84. Threeawn
Aristida virgata
85. Coastal Plain Flatsedge
Cyperus cuspidatus
86. Bottlebrush Threeawn
Aristida spiciformis
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