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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.
When I’m asked about the best pastures grasses for the south and much of the rest of the country, the first and most important answer is the big six: Little and big bluestem, Indiangrass, Eastern gamma, switchgrass and side oats grama. When planting any of these native grasses, broadcasting shredded native tree trimmings first will pay great dividends.
Here is an expanded list with those and others that should also be considered.
| 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 Sea oats | Chaemanthium latifolium |
Inland sea oats
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