# List of Minnesota grasses, sedges, and rushes

This is a list of graminoids (grasses, sedges, and rushes) native or introduced to the U.S. state of Minnesota, organized alphabetically by scientific name (genus and species).

## Contents

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* H
* J
* K
* L
* M
* P
* S
* T
* Z

## A

* Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem; native)
* Andropogon hallii (sand bluestem; introduced from the central United States)
* Agrostis gigantea (black bentgrass; introduced from Eurasia)
* Agrostis hyemalis (winter bentgrass; native)
* Agrostis scabra (rough bentgrass; native)
* Agrostis perennans (upland bentgrass; native)
* Agrostis stolonifera (creeping bentgrass; introduced from Eurasia)

## B

* Bouteloua curtipendula (sideoats grama; native)
* Bouteloua dactyloides (buffalograss; native)
* Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama; native)
* Bouteloua hirsuta (hairy grama; native)
* Bromus arvensis (field brome; introduced from Eurasia)
* Bromus catharticus (rescuegrass; introduced from South America)
* Bromus ciliatus (fringed brome; native)
* Bromus inermis (smooth brome; introduced from Eurasia)
* Bromus kalmii (prairie brome, Kalm's brome; native)
* Bromus latiglumis (early-leaved brome; native)
* Bromus pubescens (hairy woodland brome; native)
* Bromus secalinus (rye brome; introduced from Eurasia)
* Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass; introduced from Eurasia)

## C

* Calamagrostis canadensis (marsh reedgrass; native)
* Calamagrostis montanensis (plains reedgrass; native)
* Calamagrostis purpurascens (purple reedgrass; native)
* Calamagrostis stricta (slim-stemmed reedgrass; native)
* Calamovilfa longifolia (sand reedgrass; native)
* Carex adusta (lesser brown sedge; native)
* Carex albicans (white-tinged sedge; native)
* Carex albursina (White Bear sedge; native)
* Carex alopecoidea (foxtail sedge; native)
* Carex annectens (yellow-fruited sedge; native)
* Carex aquatilis (water sedge; native)
* Carex arcta (northern cluster sedge; native)
* Carex arctata (drooping woodland sedge; native)
* Carex assiniboinensis (Assiniboia sedge; native)
* Carex atherodes (wheat sedge; native)
* Carex aurea (golden sedge; native)
* Carex bebbii (Bebb's sedge; native)
* Carex bicknellii (Bicknell's sedge; native)
* Carex blanda (common woodland sedge; native)
* Carex brevior (plains oval sedge; native)
* Carex bromoides (brome-like sedge; native)
* Carex brunnescens (brownish sedge; native)
* Carex buxbaumii (Buxbaum's sedge; native)
* Carex canescens (silvery sedge; native)
* Carex capillaris (hair-like sedge; native)
* Carex careyana (Carey's sedge; native)
* Carex castanea (chestnut sedge; native)
* Carex cephaloidea (thin-leaved sedge; native)
* Carex cephalophora (oval-leaved sedge; native)
* Carex chordorrhiza (creeping sedge; native)
* Carex communis (fibrous-rooted sedge; native)
* Carex comosa (long-haired sedge; native)
* Carex conjuncta (soft fox sedge; native)
* Carex conoidea (openfield sedge; native)
* Carex crinita (fringed sedge; native)
* Carex cristatella (crested sedge; native)
* Carex crus-corvi (raven-footed sedge; native)
* Carex cryptolepis (northeastern sedge; native)
* Carex davisii (Davis's sedge; native)
* Carex debilis (white-edged sedge; native)
* Carex deflexa (northern sedge; native)
* Carex deweyana (Dewey sedge; native)
* Carex diandra (lesser panicled sedge; native)
* Carex disperma (soft-leaved sedge; native)
* Carex duriuscula (needle-leaved sedge; native)
* Carex eburnea (ivory sedge; native)
* Carex echinata (star sedge; native)
* Carex echinodes (native)
* Carex emoryi (Emory's sedge; native)
* Carex exilis (coastal sedge; native)
* Carex festucacea (fescue sedge; native)
* Carex filifolia (thread-leaved sedge; native)
* Carex flava (yellow sedge; native)
* Carex foenea (straw sedge; native)
* Carex formosa (handsome sedge; native)
* Carex garberi (elk sedge; native)
* Carex gracillima (graceful sedge; native)
* Carex granularis (limestone meadow sedge; native)
* Carex gravida (heavy sedge; native)
* Carex grayi (common bur sedge, Gray's sedge; native)
* Carex grisea (inflated narrow-leaved sedge; native)
* Carex gynandra (nodding sedge; native)
* Carex gynocrates (northern bog sedge; native)
* Carex hallii (deer sedge; native)
* Carex haydenii (Hayden's sedge; native)
* Carex hirtifolia (pubescent sedge; native)
* Carex hitchcockiana (Hitchcock's sedge; native)
* Carex hookeriana (Hooker's sedge; native)
* Carex houghtoniana (Houghton's sedge; native)
* Carex hystericina (porcupine sedge; native)
* Carex inops (long-stoloned sedge; native)
* Carex interior (inland sedge; native)
* Carex intumescens (greater bladder sedge; native)
* Carex jamesii (James's sedge; native)
* Carex ×knieskernii (native)
* Carex lacustris (lake sedge; native)
* Carex laeviconica (smooth-coned sedge; native)
* Carex laevivaginata (smooth-sheathed sedge; native)
* Carex lasiocarpa (woolly-fruited sedge; native)
* Carex laxiculmis (spreading sedge; native)
* Carex leptalea (bristly-stalked sedge; native)
* Carex leptonervia (nerveless woodland sedge; native)
* Carex limosa (mud sedge; native)
* Carex livida (livid sedge; native)
* Carex lucorum (Blue Ridge sedge; native)
* Carex lupulina (hop sedge; native)
* Carex lurida (shallow sedge; native)
* Carex magellanica (boreal bog sedge; native)
* Carex meadii (Mead's sedge; native)
* Carex merritt-fernaldii (Fernald's sedge; native)
* Carex michauxiana (Michaux's sedge; native)
* Carex molesta (troublesome sedge; native)
* Carex muehlenbergii (Muhlenberg's sedge; native)
* Carex muskingumensis (palm sedge; native)
* Carex normalis (greater straw sedge; native)
* Carex obtusata (obtuse sedge; native)
* Carex oligocarpa (richwoods sedge; native)
* Carex oligosperma (few-seeded sedge; native)
* Carex ormostachya (necklace spike sedge; native)
* Carex pallescens (pale sedge; native)
* Carex pauciflora (few-flowered sedge; native)
* Carex peckii (Peck's sedge; native)
* Carex pedunculata (long-stalked sedge; native)
* Carex pellita (woolly sedge; native)
* Carex pensylvanica (oak sedge, Pennsylvania sedge; native)
* Carex plantaginea (plantain-leaved sedge; native)
* Carex praegracilis (clustered field sedge; native)
* Carex prairea (prairie sedge; native)
* Carex praticola (meadow sedge; native)
* Carex projecta (necklace sedge; native)
* Carex pseudocyperus (cypress-like sedge; native)
* Carex radiata (eastern star sedge; native)
* Carex retrorsa (knot-sheathed sedge; native)
* Carex richardsonii (Richardson's sedge; native)
* Carex rosea (rosy sedge; native)
* Carex rossii (Ross's sedge; native)
* Carex rostrata (beaked sedge; native)
* Carex sartwellii (Sartwell's sedge; native)
* Carex saximontana (Rocky Mountain sedge; native)
* Carex scirpoidea (northern single-spiked sedge; native)
* Carex scoparia (broom sedge; native)
* Carex siccata (dry-spiked sedge; native)
* Carex sparganioides (bur-reed sedge; native)
* Carex squarrosa (squarrose sedge; native)
* Carex sprengelii (long-beaked sedge, Sprengel's sedge; native)
* Carex sterilis (dioecious sedge; native)
* Carex stipata (awl-fruited sedge; native)
* Carex stricta (upright sedge; native)
* Carex suberecta (prairie straw sedge; native)
* Carex supina (weak Arctic sedge; native)
* Carex sychnocephala (many-headed sedge; native)
* Carex tenera (quill sedge; native)
* Carex tetanica (rigid sedge; native)
* Carex tonsa (shaved sedge; native)
* Carex torreyi (Torrey's sedge; native)
* Carex trichocarpa (hairy-fruited sedge; native)
* Carex trisperma (three-seeded sedge; native)
* Carex tuckermanii (Tuckerman's sedge; native)
* Carex typhina (cattail sedge; native)
* Carex umbellata (parasol sedge; native)
* Carex utriculata (Northwest Territory sedge; native)
* Carex vaginata (sheathed sedge; native)
* Carex vesicaria (blister sedge; native)
* Carex viridula (little green sedge; native)
* Carex vulpinoidea (fox sedge; native)
* Carex woodii (pretty sedge; native)
* Carex xerantica (white-scaled sedge; native)
* Cenchrus longispinus (sandbur; native)
* Cinna arundinacea (stout woodreed, sweet woodreed; native)
* Cinna latifolia (drooping woodreed; native)
* Cladium mariscoides (smooth sawgrass; native)
* Cyperus acuminatus (taper-tipped flatsedge; native)
* Cyperus bipartitus (slender flatsedge; native)
* Cyperus diandrus (umbrella flatsedge; native)
* Cyperus erythrorhizos (red-rooted flatsedge; native)
* Cyperus esculentus (yellow nutsedge; native)
* Cyperus fuscus (brown flatsedge; introduced from Eurasia)
* Cyperus houghtonii (Houghton's flatsedge; native)
* Cyperus lupulinus (Great Plains flatsedge; native)
* Cyperus odoratus (fragrant flatsedge; native)
* Cyperus rotundus (nutgrass; native or introduced from Eurasia)
* Cyperus schweinitzii (Schweinitz's flatsedge; native)
* Cyperus squarrosus (bearded flatsedge; native)
* Cyperus strigosus (straw-colored flatsedge; native)

## D

* Danthonia spicata (poverty oatgrass; native)
* Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass; introduced from Eurasia)
* Digitaria ischaemum (smooth crabgrass; introduced from Eurasia)
* Digitaria sanguinalis (hairy crabgrass; introduced from Europe)

## E

* Elymus canadensis (Canada wild rye; native)
* Elymus hystrix (bottlebrush grass; native)
* Elymus repens (quackgrass; introduced from Eurasia)
* Eragrostis cilianensis (stink grass; introduced from Europe)
* Eragrostis spectabilis (purple lovegrass; native)

## H

* Hesperostipa comata (needle-and-thread grass; native)
* Hesperostipa spartea (porcupine grass; native)
* Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley; native)
* Hordeum pusillum (little barley; native)
* Hordeum vulgare (barley; introduced from Eurasia)

## J

* Juncus canadensis (Canada rush; native)
* Juncus tenuis (path rush; native)

## K

* Koeleria macrantha (junegrass; native)

## L

* Luzula acuminata (hairy woodrush; native)
* Luzula multiflora (common woodrush; native)
* Luzula parviflora (small-flowered woodrush; native)

## M

* Muhlenbergia asperifolia (alkali muhly, scratchgrass; native)
* Muhlenbergia cuspidata (plains muhly, prairie satingrass; native)
* Muhlenbergia frondosa (wire-stemmed muhly, common satingrass; native)
* Muhlenbergia glomerata (spiked muhly, marsh muhly; native)
* Muhlenbergia mexicana (Mexican muhly, leafy satingrass, wirestem muhly; native)
* Muhlenbergia racemosa (marsh muhly; native)
* Muhlenbergia richardsonis (mat muhly; native)
* Muhlenbergia schreberi (nimblewill; native)
* Muhlenbergia sylvatica (woodland muhly; native)
* Muhlenbergia uniflora (bog muhly; native)

## P

* Panicum capillare (witchgrass; native)
* Panicum dichotomiflorum (fall panicgrass; native)
* Panicum miliaceum (proso millet; introduced from Asia)
* Panicum philadelphicum (Philadelphia panicgrass; native)
* Panicum virgatum (switchgrass; native)
* Paspalum setaceum (thin paspalum; native)
* Phalaris arundinacea (reed canarygrass; native and introduced)

## S

* Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem; native)
* Sorghastrum nutans (indiangrass; native)
* Spartina pectinata (prairie cordgrass; native)
* Sporobolus compositus (tall dropseed; native)
* Sporobolus cryptandrus (sand dropseed; native)
* Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed; native)
* Sporobolus neglectus (small dropseed; native)
* Sporobolus vaginiflorus (sheathed dropseed; native)

## T

* Triplasis purpurea (sand grass; native)
* Tripsacum dactyloides (gama grass; native)

## Z

* Zizania aquatica (wild rice; native)
* Zizania palustris (northern wild rice; native)