This list shows 102 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. Lindheimer’s Muhly
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri
8. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
9. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
10. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
11. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
12. Seep Muhly
Muhlenbergia reverchonii
13. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
14. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
15. Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
16. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
17. Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
18. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
19. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
20. Slender Rush
Juncus tenuis
21. Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
22. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
23. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
24. Starrush Whitetop
Rhynchospora colorata
25. Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
26. Haspan Flat Sedge
Cyperus haspan
27. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
28. Arrowfeather Threeawn
Aristida purpurascens
29. Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha
30. Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
31. Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
32. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
33. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
34. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
35. Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
36. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
37. Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
38. Raven’s Foot Sedge
Carex crus-corvi
39. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
40. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
41. Texas Meadow Sedge
Carex perdentata
42. Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
43. Broomsedge Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus
44. Sallow Sedge
Carex lurida
45. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
46. Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
47. Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
48. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
49. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
50. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
51. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
52. Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa saccharoides
53. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
54. Plains Lovegrass
Eragrostis intermedia
55. Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa
56. Frank’s Sedge
Carex frankii
57. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
58. Sand Sedge
Carex muehlenbergii
59. Giant Cutgrass
Zizaniopsis miliacea
60. Common Carpetgrass
Axonopus fissifolius
61. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
62. Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
63. Manyspike Flatsedge
Cyperus polystachyos
64. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
65. Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
66. Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
67. Margined Rush
Juncus marginatus
68. Field Paspalum
Paspalum laeve
69. Shortfruit Rush
Juncus brachycarpus
70. Curly Mesquite
Hilaria belangeri
71. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
72. Brownseed Paspalum
Paspalum plicatulum
73. Threeflower Melicgrass
Melica nitens
74. Red Grama
Bouteloua trifida
75. Hall’s Panicgrass
Panicum hallii
76. False Hair Sedge
Carex bulbostylis
77. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
78. California Bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
79. Fall Panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
80. False Nutsedge
Cyperus strigosus
81. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
82. Beaked Panic Grass
Coleataenia anceps
83. Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
84. Scribner’s Panic Grass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
85. Longspike Tridens
Tridens strictus
86. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
87. Bunch Cutgrass
Leersia monandra
88. Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
89. Dichotomous Panic Grass
Dichanthelium dichotomum
90. Coast Cockspur Grass
Echinochloa walteri
91. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
92. Hairy-Seed Paspalum
Paspalum pubiflorum
93. Green Sprangletop
Disakisperma dubium
94. Toothed Paspalum
Paspalum denticulatum
95. Broadleaf Signalgrass
Urochloa platyphylla
96. Mucronate Sprangletop
Leptochloa panicea
97. Angleton Grass
Dichanthium aristatum
98. Tall Grama
Bouteloua pectinata
99. Southwestern Bristle Grass
Setaria scheelei
100. Itch Grass
Rottboellia campestris
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