This list shows 78 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. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
10. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
11. Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
12. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
13. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
14. Bluejoint
Calamagrostis canadensis
15. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
16. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
17. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
18. New Mexico Feathergrass
Stipa neomexicana
19. Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
20. Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
21. Bebb’s Sedge
Carex bebbii
22. American Manna Grass
Glyceria grandis
23. Needle And Thread
Stipa comata
24. Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
25. Western Oak Sedge
Carex inops
26. Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
27. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
28. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
29. Northwest Territory Sedge
Carex utriculata
30. Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
31. Golden Sedge
Carex aurea
32. Thickspike Wheatgrass
Elymus lanceolatus
33. Emory’s Sedge
Carex emoryi
34. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
35. Arizona Fescue
Festuca arizonica
36. Spike Trisetum
Trisetum spicatum
37. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
38. Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
39. Water Sedge
Carex aquatilis
40. Sand Bluestem
Andropogon hallii
41. Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
42. Porcupinegrass
Stipa spartea
43. American Sloughgrass
Beckmannia syzigachne
44. Interior Rush
Juncus interior
45. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
46. Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
47. Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebraskensis
48. Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
49. Common Threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
50. Green Needlegrass
Nassella viridula
51. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
52. Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebrascensis
53. Dudley’s Rush
Juncus dudleyi
54. Rocky Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana
55. James’ Galleta
Hilaria jamesii
56. Muttongrass
Poa fendleriana
57. Wheat Sedge
Carex atherodes
58. Wright’s Muhly
Muhlenbergia wrightii
59. Mountain Muhly
Muhlenbergia montana
60. Slim-Stem Small Reed Grass
Calamagrostis stricta
61. Knotted Rush
Juncus nodosus
62. Silver Beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
63. Needle Grama
Bouteloua aristidoides
64. Nodding Brome
Bromus anomalus
65. Sandhill Muhly
Muhlenbergia pungens
66. Hall’s Panicgrass
Panicum hallii
67. Poverty Threeawn
Aristida divaricata
68. Fringed Brome
Bromus ciliatus
69. Seaside Arrowgrass
Triglochin maritima
70. Broad-Glumed Wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
71. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
72. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
73. Fendler Threeawn
Aristida longiseta
74. Indian Ricegrass
Eriocoma hymenoides
75. Prairie Cordgrass
Sporobolus michauxianus
76. Nuttall’s Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
77. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
78. Arctic Bluegrass
Poa arctica
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