Grasses


			Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants
			Grasses Number of Plants 184


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Achnatherum hymenoides Indian ricegrass	Achnatherum lemmonii Lemmon's needlegrass	Achnatherum lettermanii Letterman's needlegrass	Achnatherum nelsonii Columbia needlegrass	Achnatherum robustum sleepygrass	Achnatherum speciosum Barkworth desert needlegrass

Aegilops cylindrica jointed goatgrass	Agrostis exarata spike bentgrass	Agrostis gigantea redtop	Agrostis idahoensis Idaho bentgrass	Agrostis scabra rough bentgrass	Agrostis stolonifera creeping bentgrass

Alopecurus aequalis shortawn foxtail	Alopecurus geniculatus water foxtail	Aristida adscensionis sixweeks threeawn	Aristida arizonica Arizona threeawn	Aristida divaricata poverty threeawn	Aristida fendleriana Fendler threeawn

Aristida havardii Havard's threeawn	Aristida purpurea purple threeawn	Aristida schiedeana single threeawn	Aristida ternipes spidergrass	Arrhenatherum elatius tall oatgrass	Avena fatua wild oat

Avena sativa common oat	Blepharoneuron tricholepis pine dropseed	Bothriochloa laguroides silver beardgrass	Bothriochloa barbinodis cane beardgrass	Bouteloua aristidoides needle grama	Bouteloua barbata sixweeks grama

Bouteloua chondrosioides sprucetop grama	Bouteloua curtipendula sideoats grama	Bouteloua dactyloides buffalograss	Bouteloua eriopoda black grama	Bouteloua gracilis blue grama	Bouteloua hirsuta hairy grama

Bouteloua rothrockii Rothrock's grama	Bouteloua simplex mat grama	Bromus anomalus nodding brome	Bromus arizonicus Arizona brome	Bromus berteroanus Chilean chess	Bromus catharticus rescuegrass

Bromus ciliatus fringed brome	Bromus diandrus ripgut brome	Bromus inermis smooth brome	Bromus marginatus mountain brome	Bromus porteri Porter brome	Bromus rubens red brome

Bromus tectorum cheatgrass	Cenchrus spinifex coastal sandbur	Chloris virgata feather fingergrass	Cynodon dactylon Bermudagrass	Dactylis glomerata orchardgrass	Dasyochloa pulchella low woollygrass

Dichanthelium oligosanthes Heller's rosette grass	Digitaria californica Arizona cottontop	Digitaria sanguinalis hairy crabgrass	Distichlis spicata saltgrass	Echinochloa colona jungle rice	Echinochloa crus-galli Barnyard grass

Echinochloa crus-pavonis gulf cockspur grass	Elymus canadensis Canada wildrye	Elymus condensatus giant wildrye	Elymus elymoides squirreltail	Elymus glaucus blue wildrye	Elymus glaucus blue wildrye

Elymus trachycaulus slender wheatgrass	Elymus virginicus Virginia wildrye	Enneapogon desvauxii nineawn pappusgrass	Eragrostis cilianensis stinkgrass	Eragrostis curvula weeping lovegrass	Eragrostis intermedia plains lovegrass

Eragrostis mexicana Mexican lovegrass	Eragrostis pectinacea tufted lovegrass	Eragrostis spectabilis purple lovegrass	Eragrostis superba Wilman lovegrass	Eriochloa acuminata tapertip cupgrass	Erioneuron pilosum hairy woollygrass

Festuca arizonica Arizona fescue	Festuca arundinacea tall fescue	Festuca californica California fescue	Festuca ovina sheep fescue	Helictotrichon sempervirens blue avena	Hesperostipa comata needle & thread

Hesperostipa neomexicana New Mexico feathergrass	Heteropogon contortus tanglehead	Hilaria belangeri curly-mesquite	Hordeum brachyantherum meadow barley	Hordeum jubatum foxtail barley	Hordeum marinum seaside barley

Hordeum murinum mouse barley	Hordeum pusillum little barley	Imperata brevifolia California satintail	Koeleria macrantha Junegrass	Leptochloa dubia green sprangletop	Leptochloa panicea mucronate sprangletop

Leymus cinereus basin wildrye	Leymus triticoides beardless wildrye	Lolium perenne perennial ryegrass	Lycurus setosus bristly wolfstail	Melica porteri Porter's melicgrass	Muhlenbergia appressa Devils Canyon muhly

Muhlenbergia arenicola sand muhly	Muhlenbergia asperifolia scratchgrass	Muhlenbergia brevis short muhly	Muhlenbergia depauperata sixweeks muhly	Muhlenbergia dumosa bamboo muhly	Muhlenbergia emersleyi bullgrass

Muhlenbergia fragilis delicate muhly	Muhlenbergia longiligula longtongue muhly	Muhlenbergia mexicana Mexican muhly	Muhlenbergia microsperma littleseed muhly	Muhlenbergia minutissima annual muhly	Muhlenbergia montana mountain muhly

Muhlenbergia pauciflora New Mexico muhly	Muhlenbergia porteri bush muhly	Muhlenbergia ramulosa green muhly	Muhlenbergia repens creeping muhly	Muhlenbergia richardsonis mat muhly	Muhlenbergia rigens deergrass

Muhlenbergia sinuosa marshland muhly	Muhlenbergia torreyi ring muhly	Muhlenbergia wrightii spike muhly	Munroa squarrosa false buffalograss	Munroa squarrosa false buffalograss	Panicum antidotale blue panicum

Panicum bulbosum bulb panicgrass	Panicum capillare witchgrass	Panicum hallii Hall's panicgrass	Panicum hirticaule Mexican panicgrass	Panicum obtusum vine mesquite	Panicum virgatum switchgrass

Pascopyrum smithii western wheatgrass	Paspalum distichum knotgrass	Pennisetum glaucum pearl millet	Pennisetum setaceum crimson fountaingrass	Phalaris caroliniana Carolina canarygrass	Phleum pratense Timothy

Phragmites australis common reed	Piptatheropsis micrantha littleseed ricegrass	Piptochaetium pringlei Pringle's speargrass	Pleuraphis jamesii galleta	Pleuraphis mutica tobosagrass	Pleuraphis rigida big galleta

Poa annua annual bluegrass, walkgrass	Poa bigelovii Bigelow's bluegrass	Poa compressa Canada bluegrass	Poa fendleriana muttongrass	Poa pratensis Kentucky bluegrass	Polypogon interruptus ditch rabbitsfoot grass

Polypogon monspeliensis annual rabbitsfoot grass	Polypogon viridis beardless rabbitsfoot grass	Pseudelymus saxicola foxtail wheatgrass	Puccinellia parishii bog alkaligrass	Schedonnardus paniculatus tumblegrass	Schismus barbatus Mediterranean grass

Schizachyrium cirratum Texas bluestem	Schizachyrium sanguineum crimson bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium little bluestem	Scleropogon brevifolius burrograss	Secale cereale cereal rye	Setaria grisebachii Grisebach's bristlegrass

Setaria leucopila streambed bristlegrass	Setaria macrostachya large-spike bristlegrass	Setaria pumila yellow foxtail	Setaria viridis green bristlegrass	Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass	Sorghum halepense Johnsongrass

Sphenopholis obtusata prairie wedgescale	Sporobolus airoides alkali sacaton	Sporobolus contractus spike dropseed	Sporobolus cryptandrus sand dropseed	Sporobolus flexuosus mesa dropseed	Sporobolus giganteus giant dropseed

Sporobolus interruptus black dropseed	Sporobolus wrightii big sacaton	Thinopyrum ponticum tall wheatgrass	Trichloris crinita false Rhodes grass	Tridens muticus slim tridens	Urochloa arizonica Arizona signalgrass

Urochloa maxima guineagrass	Vulpia microstachys small fescue	Vulpia myuros annual fescue	Vulpia octoflora sixweeks fescue


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