NATIVE GRASSES: Sorted by Common Name

We 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. 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
Alkaligrass Puccinellia distansSchizachyrium scoparium
Bermudagrass Cynodon dactylon
Canada Bluegrass Poa compressa
Chewings Fescue Festuca rubra var. commutata
formerly F. fallax [Thuill.]
Colonial Bentgrass Agrostis capillaris also Agrostis tenuis
Creeping Red Fescue Festuca rubra var. rubra
Crested Wheatgrass Agropyron cristatum
Hard Fescue Festuca longifolia
formerly F. ovina var. duriuscula
Intermediate Wheatgrass Agropyron intermedium
 

 
 
Common Name Scientific Name
Meadow Brome Bromus biebersteinii
Meadow Fescue Festuca elatior also F. pratensis
Orchardgrass Dactylis glomerata
Pubescent Wheatgrass Agropyron trichophorum also
Elytrigia intermedia ssp. barbulata or
Thinopyrum intermedium ssp. barbulatum [Schur]
Redtop Bentgrass Agrostis alba sometimes
A. stolonifera or A. gigantea
Reed Canarygrass Phalaris arundinacea
Sheeps Fescue Festuca ovina var. ovina
Slender Wheatgrass Agropyron trachycaulum also A. pauciflorum or Elymus trachycaulus
Smooth Brome Bromus inermis
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum
Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea
Tall Wheatgrass Agropyron elongatum
Timothy Phleum pratense
Weeping Lovegrass Eragrostis curvula