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Plant List - Page 4

Family
Scientific Name
Common Name
POACEAE Aegilops cylindrica-Host., var. rubiginosa Popova jointed goatgrass
  Andropogon gerardi Vitman, var. Gerardi big bluestem
  Andropogon hallii Hack sand bluestem
  Andropogon scoparius Michx little bluestem
  Aristida oligantha Michx. prairie threeawn
  Aristida purpurea Nutt. purple threeawn
  Bothriochloa saccharoides SW. silver bluestem
  Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr sideoats grama
  Bouteloua gracilis (Wilid. ex BBK.) lag. ex Griffiths blue grama
  Bouteloua hirsuta Lag., var. pectinate (Featherly) Cory hairy grama
  Bromus catharticus Vahl rescue grama
  Bromus japonicus Thumb. Japanese brome
  Bromus secalinus L. cheat (chess, rye brome)
  Bromus tectorum L. downybrome (cheatgrass)
  Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm, buffalograss
  Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr. big sandreed
  Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth. sandbur
  Chloris verticillata Nutt. windmillgrass
  Cynodon dactylon (I.) Pers. bermudagrass
  Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. crabgrass
  Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.) Beauv. bearded spragletop
  Distichlis stricta (Torr.) Rudb. Inland saltgrass
  Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. barnyard grass (wild millet)
  Elymus canadensis L. Canada wildrye
  Eragrostis curtipedicillata Bucki. gummy lovegrass
  Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees weeping lovegrass
  Eragrostis oxylepis (Torr.) Torr., var. Beyrichii
(T.G. Sm.) Shinners
red lovegrass
  Eragrostis poaeoides Beauv. little lovegrass
  Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud purple lovegrass
  Eragrostis trichodes (Nutt.) Nash, var. pilfera
(Scheole) Fern.
sand lovegrass
  Eragrostis trichodes (Nutt.) Nash, var. trichodes sand lovegrass
  Eriochloa contracts Hitche prairie cupgrass
  Vulpia octoflora Walt sixweeks fescue
  Glyceria striata (Lam.) I-Etche fowl mannagrass
  Hordeum jubatum L. foxtail barley
  Hordeum posillum Nutt. little barley
  Leersia oryzoides (I.) Sw. rice cutgrass
  Leptoloma cognatum (Schultes) Chase fall witchgrass
  Panicum anceps Michx. beaked panicum
  Panicum capillare L., var. capillare common witchgrass
  Panicum capillare L., var. occidentale Rydb. cushion witchgrass
  Panicum lanugionosum Elf., var. fasiculatum
(Torr.) Fern
 
  Panicum obtusum HBK. vine mesquite
  Dichanthelium oligosanthes Schultes, var. (Scribnerianum) (Nash) Fern. Scribner panicum
  Panicum virgatum L. switchgrass
  Pascopyrum smithii Rydb., var. Smithii western wheatgrass
  Paspalum ciliatifolium Michx. fringeleaf paspalum
  Paspalum distichum L. knotgrass
  Phalaris caroliniana Walt. Carolina canarygrass
  Poa arachnifera Torr. Texas bluegrass
  Poa compressa L. Canada bluegrass
  Schedonnardus paniculatus (Nutt.) Tral. tumblegrass
  Setaria geniculata (Lam.) Beauv. knotroot bristlegrass
  Setaria glauca (L.) Beauv.  
  Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. foxtail millet
  Setaria viridia (I.) Beauv. green bristlegrass
  Sorghastrum nutans yellow indiangrass
  Sorghum halepense (L.) Pora. johnsongrass
  Spartina pectinate Link, var. Suttiei (Garv.) Fern. prairie cordgrass
  Sphenopholis obtusata (Mchx.) Scribn., var. obtusata prairie wedgescale
  Sporobolus airoides Torr. alkali sacaton
  Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth, var. asper tall dropseed
  Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) Gray sand dropseed
  Sporobolus texanus Vagey Texas dropseed
  Tridens flavus (L.) Hitch. purpletop
  Tripsacum dactyloides L. eastern gammagrass
ILIXCEBRACEAN Paronychia jamesii T. & G. james' nailwort
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