Category
page 1Grasses of the United States

Zizania
genus of plants, the wild rices

Phalaris arundinacea
species of plant

Deschampsia cespitosa
species of plant

Alopecurus aequalis
species of plant

Hordeum jubatum
species of plant

Milium effusum
species of plant

Panicum virgatum
species of plant

Zea mays Saccharata Group
variety of corn

Poa palustris
species of plant

Sparganium natans
species of plant

Panicum capillare
species of plant

Koeleria macrantha
species of plant

Phleum alpinum
species of plant

Panicum dichotomiflorum
species of grass

Nassella
Nassella, or needlegrass, is a New World genus of over 100 perennial bunchgrasses found from North America through South America. The Latin word nassa refers to "a basket with a narrow neck". It is usually considered segregate from the genus Stipa and includes many New World species formerly classified in that genus. As of 2011, The Jepson Manual includes Nassella within Stipa.

Calamagrostis stricta
species of plant

Brachyelytrum
Brachyelytrum is a genus of North American and East Asian plants in the grass family, classified in its own tribe Brachyelytreae.

Sorghastrum nutans
species of plant

Buchloe dactyloides
prairie grass native to North America

Cinna latifolia
species of plant

Axonopus compressus
species of plant

Agrostis scabra
species of plant

Bromus carinatus
species of plant

Beckmannia syzigachne
species of plant

Aristida adscensionis
species of plant

Piptochaetium
Piptochaetium, or speargrass, is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America. Piptochaetium is a bunchgrass genus in the tribe Stipeae.

Paspalum notatum
species of plant

Chloris virgata
species of plant

Bouteloua gracilis
species of plant

Thinopyrum intermedium
species of plant

Andropogon virginicus
species of plant

Festuca idahoensis
species of plant

Festuca altaica
species of plant

Leymus mollis
species of plant

Eustachys
Eustachys (fan grass or fingergrass) is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is native primarily to warmer parts of the Americas, with a few species in Africa and Asia.

Spartina patens
species of plant

Scolochloa
Scolochloa is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae / Gramineae, now containing a single species, Scolochloa festucacea. Common rivergrass is a common name for the species. Scolochloa festucacea grows in Europe, temperate Asia, and North America. Its culms are erect and in height; its leaf blades are long and wide.

Enneapogon desvauxii
species of plant

Schizachyrium scoparium
species of plant

Ammophila breviligulata
species of plant

Alopecurus carolinianus
species of plant

Hilaria
genus of plants

Sporobolus indicus
species of plant

Oplismenus compositus
species of plant

Arundinaria gigantea
species of plant

Festuca occidentalis
species of plant

Cenchrus longispinus
species of plant

Triplasis
Triplasis is a genus of North American plants in the grass family. Sandgrass is a common name for plants in this genus. The genus name Triplasis is Greek, meaning "threefold", referring to the triple nerved lemmas.

Bouteloua curtipendula
species of plant
Dasyochloa
Dasyochloa is a monotypic genus containing the single species Dasyochloa pulchella (formerly Erioneuron pulchellum), also known as desert fluff-grass or low woollygrass. It is a densely tufted perennial grass found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Panicum urvilleanum
species of plant

Elymus trachycaulus
species of plant

Calamagrostis rubescens
species of plant

Danthonia intermedia
species of plant

Sporobolus alterniflorus
species of plant

Munroa
Munroa is a genus of New World plants in the grass family, native to North and South America.

Schizachne purpurascens
species of plant

Glyceria striata
species of plant

Poa confinis
species of plant

Festuca arizonica
species of plant