NATIVE GRASSES: Sorted by Scientific Name

 

PICKSEED offers 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. PICKSEED 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.
Scientific Name Common Name
Agropyron cristatum Crested Wheatgrass
Agropyron elongatum Tall Wheatgrass
Agropyron intermedium Intermediate Wheatgrass
Agropyron trachycaulum also A. pauciflorum or Elymus trachycaulus Slender Wheatgrass
Agropyron trichophorum also Elytrigia intermedia ssp. barbulata or
Thinopyrum intermedium ssp. barbulatum [Schur]		 Pubescent Wheatgrass
Agrostis alba sometimes
A. stolonifera or A. gigantea		 Redtop Wheatgrass
Agrostis capillaris also Agrostis tenuis Colonial Bentgrass
Bromus biebersteinii Meadow Brome
Bromus inermis Smooth Brome
Cynodon dactylon Bermudagrass
Dactylis glomerata Orchardgrass
Eragrostis curvula Weeping Lovegrass
Festuca arundinacea Tall Fescue
Festuca elatior also F. pratensis Meadow Fescue
Festuca longifolia
formerly F. ovina var. duriuscula		 Hard Fescue
Festuca ovina var. ovina Sheeps Fescue
Festuca rubra var. commutata
formerly F. fallax [Thuill.]		 Chewings Fescue
Festuca rubra var. rubra Creeping Red Fescue
Panicum virgatum Switchgrass
Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canarygrass
Phleum pratense Timothy
Poa compressa Canada Bluegrass
Puccinellia distansSchizachyrium scoparium Alkaligrass