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Native Grasses


NATIVE GRASSES

 

Texas’ only native lawn grass, buffalograss, is my favorite choice for full sun and should be used more often. Here are some other native grasses that should be preserved and introduced more often.

 

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME
Big Bluestem   Andropogon gerardii
Blue Grama Bouteloua gracilis
Bushy Bluestem Andropogon glomeratus
Eastern Gamma Tripsacum dactyloides
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
Indiangrass  Sorghastrum nutans
Sand Lovegrass Eragrostis trichodes
Sea-oats Uniola paniculata
Longspike Silver Bluestem  Bothriochioa saccharoides var. longipaniculata
Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum
Coastal Muhly Muhlenbergia filipes
Lindheimer’s Muhly Muhlenbergia lindheimeri
Canada Wildrye Elymus canadensis
Texas Bluegrass Poa arachnifera
Inland Seaoats Chaemanthium latifolium

 


Inland sea oats

 

 

 

 

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