Grass Sheet Collection

In the Garden Guides' information sheets for grasses section you will find pages full of information about individual grasses. Each page includes information on various uses of the grass, a detailed description of the grass, information on how the grass is adapted to different climates, how to grow the grass, and how to manage and upkeep the grass. To explore our grasses information sheets select a type of grass from the options below.
Grass Information Sheets

Image	Name	Habitat
	American Beachgrass - Ammophila breviligulata	Salt Water Shorelines Fresh Water Aquatic (pond, lake, river)
	Bermudagrass - Cynodon dactylon	Dry sites. Ruderal areas, disturbed areas. Escaped from cultivation. Native to Africa.
	Big Bluestem - Andropogon gerardii	Dunes, dry prairies, jack pine/oak forests
	Big Sacaton - Sporobolus wrightii	F
	Billion-Dollar Grass - Echinochloa frumentacea	In cultivations and naturalized in wet grassland.
	Bitter Panicgrass - Panicum amarum	chiefly tropical, though a few are hardy enough for outdoor cultivation, and easy to grow in ordinary garden soils.
	Blue Grama - Bouteloua gracilis	Prairie,Meadow,Field
	Pseudoroegneria spicata	F
	Argemone albiflora ssp	disturbed areas, along fence rows and railroad tracks, on hills and slopes, and in overgrazed pastures and old fields.
	Broadleaf Arrowhead - Sagittaria latifolia	Ditches, ponds, lakes and swampy areas
	Calamus - Acorus calamus	North Temperate and subtropical regions upto 2200m altitude in Himalayas.
	Canada Wildrye - Elymus canadensis	Bottoms, mesic to dry upland forests, prairie edges, streambanks, disturbed sites, roadsides.
	Caucasian Bluestem - Bothriochloa bladhii	Upland prairies, glades, dry bluff ledges, railroads, roadsides.
	Cereal Rye - Secale cereale	F
	Crested Wheatgrass - Agropyron cristatum	F
	Deergrass - Muhlenbergia rigens	F
	Desert Wheatgrass - Agropyron desertorum	F
	Eastern Gamagrass - Tripsacum dactyloides	Upland prairies, glades, savannas, margins of mesic to dry upland woods, roadsides, railroads, disturbed sites.
	Florida Paspalum - Paspalum floridanum	Moist depressions of upland prairies, low prairies, swamps, fens, streambanks, sinkhole ponds, lakes, sloughs, pastures, cultivated areas, old fields, ditches, disturbed sites, roadsides, railroads.
	Gulf Cordgrass - Spartina spartinae	F
	Indiangrass - Sorghastrum nutans	F
	Intermediate Wheatgrass - Thinopyrum intermedium	F
	Italian Ryegrass - Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum	F
	Kentucky Bluegrass - Poa pratensis	Fields, meadows, lawns, glades, open woods, river banks, waste ground.
	Little Bluestem - Schizachyrium scoparium	Dunes, dry prairies, jack pine/oak forests
	Mexican Teosinte - Zea mexicana	F
	Northern Sweetgrass - Hierochloe hirta ssp. arctica	F
	Orchardgrass - Dactylis glomerata	Fields, waste ground, roadsides, fence rows, wooded thickets.
	Perennial Ryegrass - Lolium perenne	F
	Plains Bristlegrass - Setaria vulpiseta	Margins of mesic upland woods, upland prairies, streambanks, pond margins, pastures, fields, lawns, cultivated areas, disturbed sites, roadsides, railroads.
	Prairie Cordgrass - Spartina pectinata	F
	Purpletop Tridens - Tridens flavus	F
	Red Fescue - Festuca rubra	F
	Redtop - Agrostis gigantea	F
	Reed Canarygrass - Phalaris arundinacea	F
	Sainfoin - Onobrychis viciifolia	Mesic to dry fields, clearings, roadsides and waste places
	Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Spartina patens	F
	Sand Bluestem - Andropogon hallii	F
	Sandberg Bluegrass - Poa secunda	Streambanks, bottoms, upland forests, pond margins, pastures, crop fields, fallow fields, gardens, lawns, roadsides, railroads, disturbed sites.
	Siberian Wheatgrass - Agropyron fragile	F
	Sideoats Grama - Bouteloua curtipendula	Glades, upland prairies, savannas, rocky openings of forests, roadsides, railroads. On calcareous soils
	Slender Wheatgrass - Elymus trachycaulus	Bottoms, mesic to dry upland forests, prairie edges, streambanks, disturbed sites, roadsides.
	Smooth Cordgrass - Spartina alterniflora	F
	Snake River Wheatgrass - Elymus wawawaiensis	Bottoms, mesic to dry upland forests, prairie edges, streambanks, disturbed sites, roadsides.
	Sweetgrass - Hierochloe odorata	F
	Switchgrass - Panicum virgatum	Mesic to dry upland forests, shaded bluffs.
	Tall Oatgrass - Arrhenatherum elatius	F
	Tanglehead - Heteropogon contortus	Prairie, Plains, Meadows, Pastures, Savannahs
	Texas Cupgrass - Eriochloa sericea	Prairie, Plains, Meadows, Pastures, Savannahs, Woodlands edge, Opening
	Thin Paspalum - Paspalum setaceum	Moist depressions of upland prairies, low prairies, swamps, fens, streambanks, sinkhole ponds, lakes, sloughs, pastures, cultivated areas, old fields, ditches, disturbed sites, roadsides, railroads.
	Threeflower Melicgrass - Melica nitens	Found in full sun or semi-shade of dry rocky woods, dry clearings, dry to mesic prairies
	Timothy - Phleum pratense	Upland prairies, pond margins, streambanks, pastures, cultivated fields, ditches, disturbed sites, roadsides, railroads.
	Virginia Wildrye - Elymus virginicus	Bottoms, dry upland forests, upland prairies, glades, bluff edges, streambanks, gravel bars, pastures, old fields, roadsides, railroads
	Weeping Lovegrass - Eragrostis curvula	Streambanks, glades, fields, pastures, disturbed sites, roadsides, railroads.
	Western Wheatgrass - Pascopyrum smithii	Woodland (35-60% cover) Prairie/Meadow/Field

source:http://www.missouriplants.com/Grasses/Grasses_page1.html
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ERSE5
http://www.plantaxa.com
http://www.ibiblio.org