This list shows 104 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. Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
4. Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
5. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
6. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
7. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
8. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
9. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
10. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
11. Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
12. Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
13. Big Sacaton
Sporobolus wrightii
14. Elliott’s Love Grass
Eragrostis elliottii
15. Common Rush
Juncus effusus
16. Slender Rush
Juncus tenuis
17. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
18. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
19. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
20. Starrush Whitetop
Rhynchospora colorata
21. Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
22. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
23. Haspan Flat Sedge
Cyperus haspan
24. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
25. Slender Woodoats
Chasmanthium laxum
26. Giant Cane
Arundinaria gigantea
27. Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
28. Sugarcane Plumegrass
Saccharum giganteum
29. Arrowfeather Threeawn
Aristida purpurascens
30. Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha
31. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
32. Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
33. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
34. Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
35. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
36. Blue Bluestem
Andropogon tener
37. Raven’s Foot Sedge
Carex crus-corvi
38. Bush’s Sedge
Carex bushii
39. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
40. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
41. Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon
42. Gulf Coast Spikerush
Eleocharis cellulosa
43. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
44. Broomsedge Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus
45. Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
46. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
47. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
48. Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
49. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
50. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
51. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
52. Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
53. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
54. Giant Cutgrass
Zizaniopsis miliacea
55. Common Carpetgrass
Axonopus fissifolius
56. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
57. Seacoast Bulrush
Bolboschoenus robustus
58. Sweet Grass
Muhlenbergia sericea
59. Shoreline Sedge
Carex hyalinolepis
60. Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
61. Two-Flower Melicgrass
Melica mutica
62. Manyspike Flatsedge
Cyperus polystachyos
63. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
64. Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
65. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
66. Smooth Cordgrass
Sporobolus alterniflorus
67. Variable Panicgrass
Panicum commutatum
68. Slender Spikerush
Eleocharis tenuis
69. Margined Rush
Juncus marginatus
70. Shortfruit Rush
Juncus brachycarpus
71. Lesser Creeping Rush
Juncus repens
72. Sawgrass
Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense
73. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
74. Saltmeadow Cordgrass
Sporobolus pumilus
75. False Nutsedge
Cyperus pseudovegetus
76. Brownseed Paspalum
Paspalum plicatulum
77. Roundhead Rush
Juncus validus
78. Hall’s Panicgrass
Panicum hallii
79. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
80. Tall Flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
81. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
82. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
83. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
84. False Nutsedge
Cyperus strigosus
85. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
86. Velvet Panicum
Dichanthelium scoparium
87. Beaked Panic Grass
Coleataenia anceps
88. Texas Panicgrass
Coleataenia rigidula
89. Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
90. Longspike Tridens
Tridens strictus
91. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
92. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
93. Coast Cockspur Grass
Echinochloa walteri
94. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
95. Hairy-Seed Paspalum
Paspalum pubiflorum
96. Gulfdune Paspalum
Paspalum monostachyum
97. Horned Beaksedge
Rhynchospora corniculata
98. Needleleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium aciculare
99. Lopsided Indian Grass
Rottboellia rugosa
100. Toothed Paspalum
Paspalum denticulatum
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