This list shows 77 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. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
2. Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
3. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
4. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
5. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
6. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
7. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
8. California Brome
Bromus carinatus
9. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
10. Common Rush
Juncus effusus
11. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
12. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
13. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
14. Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
15. Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
16. Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus
17. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
18. Nodding Needlegrass
Nassella cernua
19. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
20. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
21. Sea Clubrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
22. California Melicgrass
Melica californica
23. Purple Needlegrass
Nassella pulchra
24. Foothill Needlegrass
Nassella lepida
25. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
26. Chairmaker’s Bulrush
Schoenoplectus americanus
27. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
28. Meadow Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
29. Golden Sedge
Carex aurea
30. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
31. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
32. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
33. Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
34. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
35. Big Squirreltail
Elymus multisetus
36. Big Galleta
Hilaria rigida
37. Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
38. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
39. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
40. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
41. Muttongrass
Poa fendleriana
42. Rusty Slender Sedge
Carex subfusca
43. Lesser Tussock-Sedge
Carex diandra
44. Small Fescue
Festuca microstachys
45. Alpine Fescue
Festuca brachyphylla
46. Red-Rooted Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
47. California Satintail
Imperata brevifolia
48. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
49. Annual Hairgrass
Deschampsia danthonioides
50. Santa Barbara Sedge
Carex barbarae
51. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
52. Tall Flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
53. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
54. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
55. California Bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
56. Pointed Rush
Juncus oxymeris
57. Swamp Sedge
Carex senta
58. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
59. Desert Needlegrass
Stipa speciosa
60. Smooth Flatsedge
Cyperus laevigatus
61. Bent Spikerush
Eleocharis geniculata
62. Indian Ricegrass
Eriocoma hymenoides
63. Mexican Rush
Juncus mexicanus
64. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
65. Nuttall’s Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
66. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
67. Crested Needlegrass
Eriocoma coronata
68. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
69. Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
70. California Barley
Hordeum californicum
71. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
72. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus dubius
73. Dwarf Barley
Hordeum depressum
74. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus rugulosus
75. Sixweeks Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis
76. Mexican Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
77. Schott’s Sedge
Carex schottii
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