SPECIMEN GRASSES
Arundo donax & var.
Cortaderia selloana var.
Erianthus ravennae
Miscanthus floridulus
Miscanthus sinensis var.
Panicum ‘Heavy Metal’
Pennisetum 'Rubrum'
SCREENING GRASSES
Calamagrostis acutiflora stricta
Cortaderia selloana
Erianthus ravennae
Miscanthus floridulus
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Spartina species
GROUND COVER IN SUN
Briza media
Deschampsia cespitosa cultivars
Festuca amethystina & cultivars
Cinerea & cultivars tenuifolia
Helichtotrichon sempervirens
Pennisetum alop. 'Hameln'
Sesleria autumnalis
GROUND COVER IN PARTIAL OR FULL SHADE
Carex comans
Carex digitata
Carex morrowii 'Variegata'
Carex pendula
Carex plantaginea
Luzula nivea and cultivars
Luzula sylvatica and cultivars
Phalaris species
GRASSES FOR ATTRACTING BIRDS
Andropogon scoparius
Arrhenatherum elatius
Arrhenatherum var.bulbosum
Cortadaria selloana
Deschampsia cespitosa
Miscanthus sinensis species
NATIVE GRASSES
Andropogon species
Agropyron smithii
Arundo donax
Bouteloua curtipendula
Eragrostis trichoides
Hystrix patula
Leymus species
Panicum virgatum
Schizachyrium scoparium
Scirpus cyperinus
Sorghastrum nutans
SEASHORE GRASSES
Agropyron magellanicum
Ammophila species
Andropogon virginicus
Elymus arenarius
Erianthus contortus
Panicum virgatum & cultivars
Phalaris arundinacea variegata
Sporobolus heterolepsis
Tripsacum dactyloides
GRASSES FOR CUT FLOWERS
Arundo donax
Briza media
Chasmanthium latifolium
Cortaderia species
Erianthus species
Miscanthus species & cultivars
Panicum virgatum cultivars
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Phragmites species
DROUGHT TOLERANT GRASSES
Andropogon
Bouteloua
Calamagrostis arundinacea & cultivars
Carex flacca
muskingumensis
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
Panicum virgatum & cultivars
Pennisetum orientale
Phalaris species
Sesleria autumnalis
Spodiopogon sibiricus
GRASSES FOR HIGHWAY MEDIAN LANDSCAPES
Andropogon species
Calamagrostis acutiflora stricta
Chrysopogon nutans
Miscanthus sinensis & cultivars
Panicum virgatum & cultivars
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Sesleria autumnalis
SHADE TOLERANT GRASSES
Acorus gramineus & var.
Calamagrostis brachytricha
Carex comans
Carex hachijoensis 'Evergold'
Carex mor. variegate
Carex pendula
Carex plantaginea
Carex 'The Beatles'
Chasmanthium latifolium
Deschampsia cespitosa & cultivars
Hakonechloa species
Luzula species
Millium eff. 'Aureum'
MOISTURE TOLERANT GRASSES
Acorus species
Arundo donax
Calamagrostis acutiflora stricta
Carex ‘Bowles Golden’
Carex conica 'Marginata'
Carex gracilis (acuta)
Carex grayi
Carex muskingumensis
Carex pendula
Carex 'The Beatles'
Cyperus species
Glyceria maxima 'Variegata'
Juncus species
Miscanthus cultivars
Panicum virgatum & cultivars
Phalaris species, variegated
Phragmites
Spartina species
Typha species
FALL COLOR GRASSES
Calamagrostis acutiflora stricta
Calamagrostis arund. brachytricha (also blooms late)
Festuca glauca 'Solling’
Miscanthus sinensis
Miscanthus purpurascens
Molinia caerulea ssp.
Molinia arundinacea
Pennisetum alop. 'Moudry'
Pennisetum 'National Arboretum'
Panicum virgatum var.
Spodiopogon sibiricus
SPRING BLOOMING GRASSES
Briza media
Deschampsia cespitosa
Deschampsia cesp. 'Bronzeschleier'
Deschampsia cesp. 'Goldehaenge'
Deschampsia cesp. 'Schottland'
Deschampsia cesp. 'Tautraeger'
Deschampsia cesp. 'Tardiflora'
Deschampsia vivipara 'Fairy's Joke'
Festuca amethystina
Festuca 'Bronzeglanz'
Festuca 'Klose'
Holcus species
Hystrix patula
Koeleria glauca
Poa chaixii
Sesleria caerulea
Stipa gigantea
