This list shows 80 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. Spreading Rush
Juncus patens
4. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
5. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
6. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
7. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
8. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
9. California Brome
Bromus carinatus
10. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
11. Common Rush
Juncus effusus
12. Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris
13. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
14. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
15. Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
16. Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
17. Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
18. Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus
19. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
20. Nodding Needlegrass
Nassella cernua
21. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
22. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
23. Torrey’s Rush
Juncus torreyi
24. Sea Clubrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
25. Seashore Bentgrass
Agrostis pallens
26. Purple Needlegrass
Nassella pulchra
27. Foothill Needlegrass
Nassella lepida
28. Basket Rush
Juncus textilis
29. Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
30. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
31. Chairmaker’s Bulrush
Schoenoplectus americanus
32. Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
33. Meadow Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
34. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
35. Tapered Rosette Grass
Panicum acuminatum
36. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
37. Spiny Rush
Juncus acutus
38. Scratchgrass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
39. Big Squirreltail
Elymus multisetus
40. Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
41. Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
42. Seacoast Bulrush
Bolboschoenus robustus
43. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
44. Small Fescue
Festuca microstachys
45. Red-Rooted Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
46. Beaked Spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata
47. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
48. Annual Hairgrass
Deschampsia danthonioides
49. Douglas’ Sedge
Carex douglasii
50. Fowl Bluegrass
Poa palustris
51. Santa Barbara Sedge
Carex barbarae
52. Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
53. Tall Flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
54. Broad-Glumed Wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
55. Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
56. Alaska Brome
Bromus sitchensis
57. Spike Bentgrass
Agrostis exarata
58. Prairie Wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
59. California Bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
60. Pointed Rush
Juncus oxymeris
61. Brown-Headed Rush
Juncus phaeocephalus
62. Swamp Sedge
Carex senta
63. Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
64. Smooth Flatsedge
Cyperus laevigatus
65. Bent Spikerush
Eleocharis geniculata
66. Chinook Brome
Bromus laevipes
67. Mexican Rush
Juncus mexicanus
68. Bearded Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
69. Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
70. Crested Needlegrass
Eriocoma coronata
71. Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
72. Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
73. California Canarygrass
Phalaris californica
74. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
75. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus dubius
76. Dwarf Barley
Hordeum depressum
77. Wrinkled Rush
Juncus rugulosus
78. Sixweeks Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis
79. Mexican Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
80. Schott’s Sedge
Carex schottii
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