Grasses and Descriptions:

Alkali sacaton, Sporobolus airoides
Arizona cottontop, Digitaria californica
Barnyardgrass, Echinochloa crusgalli var. crusgalli
Beaked panicum, Panicum anceps var. anceps
Bermudagrass, Cynodon dactylon
Big bluestem, Andropogon gerardii
Big cenchrus, Cenchrus myosuroides
Black grama, Bouteloua eriopoda
Blue grama, Bouteloua gracilis
Blue panicum, Panicum antidotale
Broomsedge bluestem, Andropogon virginicus
Brownseed paspalum, Paspalum plicatulum
Buffalograss, Buchloe dactyloides
Burrograss, Scleropogon brevifolius
Bush muhly, Muhlenbergia porteri
Common carpetgrass, Axonopus affinis
Common curlymesquite, Hilaria belangeri
Dallisgrass, Paspalum dilatatum
Eastern gamagrass, Tripsacum dactyloides
Fall witchgrass, Leptoloma cognatum
Fluffgrass, Erioneuron pulchellum
Galleta, Hilaria jamesii
Green sprangletop, Leptochloa dubia
Gulf cordgrass, Spartina spartinae
Hairy grama, Bouteloua hirsuta
Hairy tridens, Erioneuron pilosum
Halls panicum, Panicum hallii
Hooded windmillgrass, Chloris cucullata
Inland saltgrass, Distichlis spicata var. stricta
Japanese brome, Bromus japonicus
Johnsongrass, Sorghum halepense
King Ranch bluestem, Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica
Knotroot bristlegrass, Seteria geniculat
Little barley, Hordeum pusillum var. pusillum
Little bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium var. frequens
Longtom, Paspalum lividum
Maidencane, Panicum hemitomon
Marshhay cordgrass, Spartina patens var. juncea
Meadow dropseed, Sporobolus asper var. hookeri
Oldfield threeawn, Aristida oligantha
Perennial ryegrass, Lolium perenne
Pink pappusgrass, Pappophorum bicolor
Plains bristlegrass, Setaria leucopila
Plains lovegrass, Eragrostis intermedia
Purple threeawn, Aristida purpurea
Purpletop, Tridens flavus var. flavus
Rattail smutgrass, Sporobolus poiretii
Red lovegrass, Eragrostis oxylepis var. oxylepis
Rescuegrass, Bromus unioloides
Rhodesgrass, Chloris gayana
Sand dropseed, Sporobolus crypiandrus
Sand lovegrass, Eragrostis trichodes var. trichodes
Scribner panicum, Panicum oligosanthes var. scribnerianum
Sideoats grama, Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula
Silver bluestem, Bothriochloa sacchariodes var. torreyana
Smoothscale Canada wildrye, Elymus canadensis var. brachystachys
Switchgrass, Panicum virgatum
Tall dropseed, Sporobolus asper var. asper
Tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea
Tanglehead, Heteropogon contortus
Texas bluegrass, Poa arachnifera
Texas cupgrass, Eriochloa sericea
Thin paspalum, Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium
Tobosa, Hilaria mutica
Tumblegrass, Schedonnardus paniculatus
Tumble windmillgrass, Chloris verticillata
Vine-mesquite, Panicum obtusum
Weeping lovegrass, Eragrostis curvula
Western wheatgrass, Agropyron smithii
White tridens, Tridens albescens
Wright threeawn, Aristida wrightii
Yellow Indiangrass, Sorghastrum nutans

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Authors: G.O. Hoffman, J. Daniel Rogers, R.J. Ragsdale, Roy V. Miller
Created: August 15, 1996
Updated: August 27, 1996