Grasses & Grass-like Plants – Purdue Herbaceous Perennials

Plant Group: Grasses & Grass-like Plants


Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem


Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem (map group 001)


Bouteloua curtipendula Side-oats Grama Grass

 Classification:

Carex jamesii James' Sedge, Grass Sedge (map group 018)


Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge (map group 018)


Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge


Chasmanthium latifolium Northern Sea Oats


Panicum virgatum 'Cloud Nine' Cloud Nine Switchgrass


Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' Shenandoah Switchgrass


Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' Shenandoah Switchgrass


Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues' The Blues Little Bluestem


Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues' The Blues Little Bluestem


Spartina pectinata Prairie Cordgrass


Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie or Northern Dropseed


Sporobolus heterolepsis Northern or Prairie Dropseed (map group 001)


Sporobolus heterolepsis Northern or Prairie Dropseed (map group 021)


Sporobolus heteropsis Northern or Prairie Dropseed (map group 020)


17 Plants Mapped

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