This list shows 71 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. Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
4. Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
5. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
6. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
7. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
8. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
9. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
10. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
11. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
12. Awl-Fruited Sedge
Carex stipata
13. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
14. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
15. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
16. Slender Rush
Juncus tenuis
17. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
18. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
19. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
20. Rough Bentgrass
Agrostis scabra
21. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
22. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
23. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
24. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
25. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
26. Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
27. Bebb’s Sedge
Carex bebbii
28. Hairy Wildrye
Elymus villosus
29. American Manna Grass
Glyceria grandis
30. Needle And Thread
Stipa comata
31. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
32. Earlyleaf Brome
Bromus latiglumis
33. Western Oak Sedge
Carex inops
34. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
35. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
36. Sprengel’s Sedge
Carex sprengelii
37. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
38. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
39. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
40. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
41. Mexican Muhly
Muhlenbergia mexicana
42. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
43. Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
44. American Sloughgrass
Beckmannia syzigachne
45. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
46. Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
47. Green Needlegrass
Nassella viridula
48. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
49. Muttongrass
Poa fendleriana
50. Wheat Sedge
Carex atherodes
51. Knotted Rush
Juncus nodosus
52. Spiked Muhly
Muhlenbergia glomerata
53. Plains Muhly
Muhlenbergia cuspidata
54. Threadleaf Sedge
Carex filifolia
55. Fowl Bluegrass
Poa palustris
56. Fringed Brome
Bromus ciliatus
57. Broad-Glumed Wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
58. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
59. Ross’s Sedge
Carex rossii
60. Shortawn Foxtail
Alopecurus aequalis
61. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
62. Indian Ricegrass
Eriocoma hymenoides
63. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
64. False Melic
Schizachne purpurascens
65. Nuttall’s Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
66. Hayden’s Sedge
Carex haydenii
67. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
68. Pale Bulrush
Scirpus pallidus
69. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
70. Whitescale Sedge
Carex xerantica
71. Downy Ryegrass
Leymus innovatus
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