Kinds of Grasses

Scientific name	Other names
Cyperaceae	Sedges
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis	River bulrush
Bulbostylis capillaris	Bulbostylis
Carex acutiformis	Lesser pond-sedge
Carex aggregata	Glomerate sedge, Clustered sedge
Carex alata
Carex albicans
Carex albolutescens	Greenish-white sedge
Carex albursina
Carex alopecoidea
Carex amphibola
Carex annectens
Carex aquatilis	Water sedge
Carex arctata
Carex atherodes
Carex atlantica
Carex aurea
Carex aureolensis
Carex bebbii
Carex bicknellii
Carex blanda
Carex brevior
Carex bromoides
Carex brunnescens
Carex bushii
Carex buxbaumii
Carex canescens
Carex careyana
Carex caroliniana
Carex cephaloidea
Carex cephalophora
Carex chordorrhiza
Carex communis
Carex comosa
Carex conjuncta
Carex conoidea
Carex corrugata
Carex crawei
Carex crawfordii
Carex crinita
Carex cristatella
Carex crus
Carex cryptolepis
Carex cumberlandensis
Carex cumulata
Carex davisii	Davis sedge
Carex debilis
Carex decomposita	Log sedge
Carex diandra	Lesser tussock-sedge
Carex digitalis
Carex disperma
Carex eburnea
Carex echinata	Star sedge
Carex emoryi
Carex festucacea	Fescue sedge
Carex flava
Carex folliculata
Carex frankii	Franks sedge
Carex garberi
Carex gigantea
Carex glaucodea
Carex gracilescens
Carex gracillima
Carex granularis
Carex gravida
Carex grayi
Carex grisea
Carex haydenii	Haydens sedge
Carex hirsutella
Carex hirtifolia
Carex hitchcockiana
Carex hyalinolepis
Carex hystericina
Carex inops
Carex interior
Carex intumescens
Carex jamesii
Carex kraliana
Carex lacustris
Carex laevivaginata
Carex lasiocarpa	Slender sedge
Carex laxiculmis
Carex laxiflora
Carex leavenworthii
Carex leptalea
Carex leptonervia
Carex limosa	Bog-sedge
Carex livida
Carex longii
Carex louisianica
Carex lupuliformis	False hop sedge
Carex lupulina
Carex lurida
Carex magellanica	Tall bog-sedge
Carex meadii
Carex mesochorea
Carex missouriensis
Carex molesta
Carex muehlenbergii
Carex muskingumensis
Carex normalis
Carex oklahomensis
Carex oligocarpa	Eastern few-fruited sedge
Carex oligosperma
Carex pedunculata
Carex pellita
Carex pensylvanica
Carex picta
Carex planispicata
Carex plantaginea
Carex platyphylla	Broad-leaved sedge
Carex praegracilis
Carex prairea
Carex prasina
Carex projecta
Carex pseudocyperus	Cyperus sedge
Carex radiata
Carex retroflexa
Carex retrorsa
Carex richardsonii	Richardsons sedge
Carex rosea
Carex sartwellii
Carex scabrata
Carex scoparia
Carex seorsa
Carex shortiana
Carex siccata
Carex socialis
Carex sparganioides
Carex spicata	Spiked sedge
Carex sprengelii
Carex squarrosa
Carex sterilis
Carex stipata
Carex straminea	Straw sedge
Carex stricta
Carex styloflexa
Carex suberecta
Carex swanii
Carex tenera
Carex tetanica
Carex texensis
Carex timida
Carex tonsa
Carex torta
Carex tribuloides
Carex trichocarpa	Hairy-fruited sedge
Carex trisperma
Carex tuckermanii
Carex typhina	Cat-tail sedge
Carex umbellata
Carex utriculata
Carex vesicaria	Bladder-sedge
Carex virescens
Carex viridula
Carex vulpinoidea
Carex willdenowii
Carex woodii
Cladium mariscoides
Cyperus acuminatus
Cyperus bipartitus
Cyperus dentatus
Cyperus diandrus
Cyperus echinatus
Cyperus engelmanii
Cyperus erythrorhizos
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus flavescens
Cyperus houghtonii
Cyperus lupulinus
Cyperus odoratus
Cyperus pseudovegetus
Cyperus schweinitzii
Cyperus squarrosus
Cyperus strigosus
Dulichium arundinaceum
Eleocharis acicularis	Needle spike-rush
Eleocharis bifida
Eleocharis compressa	Flattened spike-rush
Eleocharis elliptica
Eleocharis engelmannii	Engelmanns spike-rush
Eleocharis equisetoides	Horsetail spike-rush
Eleocharis erythropoda
Eleocharis flavescens
Eleocharis geniculata
Eleocharis intermedia
Eleocharis melanocarpa	Black-fruited spike-rush
Eleocharis microcarpa	Small-fruited spike-rush
Eleocharis obtusa
Eleocharis ovata
Eleocharis palustris	Common spike-rush
Eleocharis parvula	Dwarf spike-rush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
Eleocharis quinqueflora	Few-flowered spike-rush
Eleocharis robbinsii
Eleocharis rostellata
Eleocharis tenuis
Eleocharis wolfii
Eriophorum angustifolium	Common cottongrass
Eriophorum gracile
Eriophorum vaginatum	Hares-tail cottongrass
Eriophorum virginicum
Eriophorum viridicarinatum
Fimbristylis annua
Fimbristylis autumnalis
Fimbristylis puberula
Fuirena pumila
Kyllinga pumila
Lipocarpha drummondii
Lipocarpha micrantha
Rhynchospora alba	White beak-sedge
Rhynchospora capillacea
Rhynchospora capitellata
Rhynchospora corniculata
Rhynchospora fusca	Brown beak-sedge
Rhynchospora globularis
Rhynchospora macrostachya
Rhynchospora nitens
Rhynchospora recognita
Rhynchospora scirpoides
Schoenoplectus acutus
Schoenoplectus hallii
Schoenoplectus pungens
Schoenoplectus purshianus
Schoenoplectus smithii
Schoenoplectus subterminalis
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani	Grey club-rush
Schoenoplectus torreyi
Scirpus atrovirens
Scirpus cyperinus
Scirpus expansus
Scirpus georgianus
Scirpus hattorianus
Scirpus pedicellatus
Scirpus pendulus
Scirpus polyphyllus
Scleria muhlenbergii
Scleria oligantha
Scleria pauciflora
Scleria reticularis	Netted nut-rush
Scleria triglomerata	Tall nut-rush
Scleria verticillata
Juncaceae	Rushes
Juncus acuminatus
Juncus acutiflorus
Juncus acutus
Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Juncus anthelatus
Juncus arcticus
Juncus articulatus
Juncus balticus
Juncus biglumis
Juncus bolanderi
Juncus brachycarpus	Short-fruited rush
Juncus brachycephalus
Juncus brachyphyllus
Juncus brevicaudatus
Juncus bryoides
Juncus bufonius
Juncus bulbosus
Juncus caesariensis
Juncus canadensis
Juncus capillaris
Juncus capitatus
Juncus castaneus
Juncus chlorocephalus
Juncus compressus
Juncus confusus
Juncus cooperi
Juncus coriaceus
Juncus covillei
Juncus debilis
Juncus dichotomus
Juncus diffusissimus
Juncus drummondii
Juncus dubius
Juncus dudleyi
Juncus effusus
Juncus elliottii
Juncus ensifolius
Juncus falcatus
Juncus filiformis
Juncus filipendulus
Juncus georgianus
Juncus gerardii
Juncus greenei
Juncus gymnocarpus
Juncus hallii
Juncus hemiendytus
Juncus howellii
Juncus inflexus
Juncus interior
Juncus kelloggii
Juncus leiospermus
Juncus lesueurii
Juncus longistylis
Juncus luciensis
Juncus macrandrus
Juncus macrophyllus
Juncus marginatus
Juncus maritimus
Juncus megacephalus
Juncus mertensianus
Juncus militaris	Bayonet rush
Juncus nevadensis
Juncus nodatus
Juncus nodosus
Juncus occidentalis
Juncus orthophyllus
Juncus oxymeris
Juncus parryi
Juncus patens
Juncus pelocarpus
Juncus pervetus
Juncus phaeocephalus
Juncus polycephalus
Juncus regelii
Juncus repens
Juncus roemerianus
Juncus scirpoides	Scirpus-like rush
Juncus secundus
Juncus squarrosus
Juncus stygius	Moor rush
Juncus subcaudatus
Juncus subtilis
Juncus supiniformis
Juncus tenuis
Juncus texanus
Juncus textilis
Juncus tiehmii
Juncus torreyi
Juncus trifidus
Juncus triformis
Juncus triglumis
Juncus trigonocarpus
Juncus uncialis
Juncus validus
Juncus vaseyi	Vaseys rush
Juncus xiphioides
Luzula acuminata
Luzula arctica
Luzula arcuata
Luzula bulbosa
Luzula campestris
Luzula comosa
Luzula confusa
Luzula divaricata
Luzula echinata
Luzula groenlandica
Luzula hitchcockii
Luzula kjellmaniana
Luzula luzuloides
Luzula multiflora
Luzula orestera
Luzula pallidula
Luzula parviflora	Small-flowered woodrush
Luzula piperi
Luzula rufescens
Luzula spicata
Luzula subcapitata
Luzula subcongesta
Luzula wahlenbergii
Poaceae	Grasses
Aegilops cylindrica
Agropyron cristatum
Agropyron desertorum
Agrostis canina
Agrostis elliottiana
Agrostis gigantea
Agrostis hyemalis
Agrostis perennans
Agrostis scabra
Agrostis stolonifera
Aira caryophyllaea
Alopecurus aequalis
Alopecurus carolinianus
Alopecurus pratensis
Ammophila breviligulata
Andropogon gerardii
Andropogon gyrans
Andropogon hallii
Andropogon ternarius
Andropogon virginicus
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Apera interrupta
Aristida basiramea
Aristida dichotoma	Shinners three-awned grass
Aristida longespica	Three-awned grass
Aristida oligantha
Aristida purpurascens
Aristida ramosissima
Aristida tuberculosa	Beach three-awned grass
Arrhenatherum elatius
Arthraxon hispidus
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.	Switch cane, Giant cane
Avena fatua
Avena sativa
Bouteloua curtipendula	Side-oats grama grass
Brachyelytrum aristosum
Brachyelytrum erectum
Bromus briziformis
Bromus catharticus
Bromus ciliatus
Bromus commutatus
Bromus hordeaceus
Bromus inermis
Bromus japonicus
Bromus kalmii
Bromus latiglumis
Bromus nottowayanus
Bromus pubescens
Bromus racemosus
Bromus secalinus
Bromus squarrosus
Bromus sterilis
Bromus tectorum
Calamagrostis canadensis
Calamagrostis porteri
Calamagrostis stricta	Narrow-leaved reedgrass
Calamovilfa longifolia
Cenchrus longispinus
Cenchrus spinifex
Chasmanthium latifolium
Chasmanthium laxum
Chloris verticillata
Chloris virgata
Cinna arundinacea
Cinna latifolia
Crypsis schoenoides
Cynodon dactylon
Cynosurus cristatus
Dactylis glomerata
Danthonia spicata
Deschampsia cespitosa
Diarrhena americana	Beak grass
Diarrhena obovata
Dichanthelium acuminatum
Dichanthelium boreale
Dichanthelium boscii
Dichanthelium clandestinum
Dichanthelium commutatum
Dichanthelium depauperatum
Dichanthelium dichotomum
Dichanthelium latifolium
Dichanthelium laxiflorum
Dichanthelium leibergii
Dichanthelium linearifolium
Dichanthelium meridionale
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
Dichanthelium ovale
Dichanthelium ovale s villosissimum
Dichanthelium perlongum
Dichanthelium polyanthes
Dichanthelium scoparium
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon
Dichanthelium wilcoxianum
Digitaria ciliaris
Digitaria cognata
Digitaria filiformis	Slender finger-grass
Digitaria ischaemum
Digitaria sanguinalis
Digitaria violascens
Echinochloa crus
Echinochloa muricata
Echinochloa walteri
Eleusine indica
Elymus canadensis
Elymus glabriflorus
Elymus hystrix
Elymus repens
Elymus riparius
Elymus submuticus
Elymus trachycaulus
Elymus villosus
Elymus virginicus
Eragrostis capillaris	Love grass
Eragrostis cilianensis
Eragrostis frankii
Eragrostis hypnoides
Eragrostis mexicana
Eragrostis minor
Eragrostis pectinacea
Eragrostis pilosa	Small love grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Eragrostis trichodes
Eriochloa contracta
Festuca filiformis
Festuca ovina
Festuca paradoxa
Festuca rubra
Festuca subverticillata
Festuca trachyphylla
Glyceria acutiflora	Manna grass
Glyceria borealis
Glyceria canadensis
Glyceria grandis
Glyceria septentrionalis
Glyceria striata
Gymnopogon ambiguus
Hesperostipa comata
Hesperostipa spartea
Hierochloe odorata
Holcus lanatus
Hordeum brachyantherum
Hordeum jubatum
Hordeum pusillum
Hordeum vulgare
Koeleria macrantha
Leersia lenticularis
Leersia oryzoides
Leersia virginica
Leptochloa fusca
Leptochloa panicea
Leptochloa panicoides
Leymus arenarius
Lolium multiflorum
Lolium perenne
Melica mutica
Melica nitens
Microstegium vimineum
Milium effusum
Miscanthus sinensis
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
Muhlenbergia bushii
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Muhlenbergia cuspidata
Muhlenbergia frondosa
Muhlenbergia glabrifloris
Muhlenbergia glomerata
Muhlenbergia mexicana
Muhlenbergia racemosa
Muhlenbergia schreberi
Muhlenbergia sobolifera
Muhlenbergia sylvatica
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
Oryzopsis asperifolia
Panicum anceps
Panicum capillare
Panicum dichotomiflorum
Panicum flexile
Panicum gattingeri
Panicum miliaceum
Panicum philadelphicum
Panicum rigidulum
Panicum tuckermanii
Panicum verrucosum	Warty panic-grass
Panicum virgatum
Pascopyrum smithii
Paspalum floridanum
Paspalum laeve
Paspalum pubiflorum
Paspalum repens
Paspalum setaceum
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Phalaris arundinacea
Phalaris canariensis
Phleum pratense
Phragmites australis
Piptatherum pungens
Piptatherum racemosa
Piptochaetium avenaceum
Poa alsodes
Poa annua
Poa arida
Poa autumnalis
Poa bulbosa
Poa chapmaniana
Poa compressa
Poa cuspidata
Poa nemoralis
Poa paludigena	Bog bluegrass
Poa palustris
Poa pratensis
Poa saltuensis
Poa sylvestris
Poa trivialis
Poa wolfii
Puccinellia distans
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Saccharum alopecuroides
Saccharum ravennae
Schedonorus arundinaceus
Schedonorus pratensis
Schizachne purpurascens
Schizachyrium littorale
Schizachyrium scoparium
Sclerochloa dura
Secale cereale
Setaria faberi
Setaria italica
Setaria parviflora
Setaria pumila
Setaria verticillata
Setaria viridis
Sorghastrum nutans
Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum halepense
Spartina pectinata
Sphenopholis intermedia
Sphenopholis nitida
Sphenopholis obtusata
Sporobolus clandestinus	Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Sporobolus heterolepis	Prairie dropseed
Sporobolus neglectus
Sporobolus vaginiflorus
Torreyochloa pallida
Tridens flavus
Triplasis purpurea	Sand grass
Tripsacum dactyloides
Triticum aestivum
Vulpia myuros
Vulpia octoflora
Zea mays
Zizania aquatica
Zizania palustris
Zoysia japonica

Updated: 2005-05-19 19:49:50

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