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Native Grasses

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We offer one of the industry's widest selection of native and adapted grass species whether for reclamation sites, roadsides, slope/erosion control or for aesthetic enhancement. Seed Research provides grasses for every use with expert advice to assure success. Please call our offices before ordering as production and availability of some species may be seasonally limited.

Common Name Scientific Name
Alkali Sacaton* Sporobolus airiodes
Alkaligrass Puccinellia distansSchizachyrium scoparium
Arizona Brome Bromus arizonicus
Arizona Fescue Festuca arizonica
Bahiagrass Paspalum notatum
Bermudagrass Cynodon dactylon
Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii
Big Bluegrass Poa ampla
Big Quaking Grass Briza maxima
Black Grama Bouteloua eriopoda
Blue Grama Bouteloua gracilis
Blue Wildrye Elymus glaucus
Bluebunch Wheatgrass Agropyron spicatum
also Elytrigia spicata
Bottlebrush Squirreltail Sitanion hystrix also Elymus elymoides
Buffalograss Buchloe dactyloides
Buffelgrass Cenchrus ciliaris
California Barley Hordeum californicum
California Brome Bromus carinatus
California Melic Melica californica also M. imperfecta
Canada Bluegrass (Poa compressa)
Canada Bluegrass Poa compressa
Canada Wildrye Elymus canadensis
Canby Bluegrass Poa canbyi
Chewings Fescue Festuca rubra var. commutata
formerly F. fallax [Thuill.]
Colonial Bentgrass Agrostis capillaris also Agrostis tenuis
Common Barley Hordeum vulgare
Creeping Foxtail Alopecurus arundinaceaus
Creeping Red Fescue Festuca rubra var. rubra
Creeping Wildrye** Elymus triticoides
also Leymus triticoides
Crested Wheatgrass Agropyron cristatum
Deergrass Muhlenbergia rigens
Eastern Gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides
Foothill Needlegrass Stipa lepida
Foxtail Fescue Festuca megalura also Vulpia myuros
Galleta Hilaria jamesii
Green Needlegrass Stipa viridula
Green Sprangletop Leptochloa dubia
Hard Fescue Festuca longifolia
formerly F. ovina var. duriuscula
Idaho Fescue Festuca idahoensis
Indian Rice Grass Oryzopsis hymenoides
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans
Intermediate Wheatgrass Agropyron intermedium
* Plant materials not always available for sale; limited seed harvests common; specially ordered seed available; some fluctuation inpricing from year to year availability.

 
Common Name Scientific Name
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
Meadow Barley Hordeum brachyantherum
Meadow Brome Bromus biebersteinii
Meadow Fescue Festuca elatior also F. pratensis
Meadow Foxtail* Alopecurus pratensis
Molate Fescue Festuca rubra
Mountain Brome Bromus marginatus sometimes B. carinatus
Needle and Thread* Stipa comata
Nodding Needlegrass Stipa cernua
Orchardgrass Dactylis glomerata
Pine Bluegrass* Poa scabrella
Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
Prairie Junegrass Koeleria pyramidata
Prairie Sandreed Calamovilfa longifolia
Pubescent Wheatgrass Agropyron trichophorum also
Elytrigia intermedia ssp. barbulata or
Thinopyrum intermedium ssp. barbulatum [Schur]
Purple Needlegrass Stipa pulchra
Purple Three-awn Aristida purpurea also A. longiseta
Red Brome Bromus rubens
Redtop Bentgrass Agrostis alba sometimes
A. stolonifera or A. gigantea
Reed Canarygrass Phalaris arundinacea
Russian Wildrye Elymus junceus also
Psathyrostachys juncea
Sand Bluestem Andropogon hallii
also A. gerardii var. paucipilus
Sand Dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus
Sand Lovegrass Eragrostis trichodes
Sandberg Bluegrass* Poa secunda
Sheeps Fescue Festuca ovina var. ovina
Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula
Slender Wheatgrass Agropyron trachycaulum also A. pauciflorum or Elymus trachycaulus
Sloughgrass* Spartina pectinata
Smooth Brome Bromus inermis
Spike Bentgrass Agrostis exerata
Streambank Wheatgrass Agropyronriparium
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum
Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea
Tall Wheatgrass Agropyron elongatum
Thickspike Wheatgrass Elymus lanceolatus also
Agropyron dasystachyum
Timothy Phleum pratense
Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia caespitosa
Weeping Lovegrass Eragrostis curvula
Western Wheatgrass Agropyron smithii also Elymus smithii
** Plant materials rare; primarily specialized seed production; weed seeds seed often collected onsite; extremely limited commercial supply; tend to be expensive when available.
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