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Prairie 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 BOTANICAL NAME
| Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardii |
| Blue Grama | Bouteloua gracilis |
| Bushy Bluestem | A. 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 |
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