Graminoids: List

STEP stars
These are species which have demonstrated good performance in projects designed, installed and monitored by the Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program.
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 Sortable table, click on header you wish to select decorative graminoids by:
Scientific Name 	Common Name 	Native	Soil Moisture1=Dry2=Med3=Wet	Partial shade tolerance	Drought Tolerance1=Low2=Med3=High	Salt Tolerance1=Low2=Med3=High	Pollution tolerance	Compaction tolerance	STEP star!	Illustration
Andropogon gerardii 	Big Bluestem 	Y 	2 	 	3 	2 	 	Y 	☆ 	
Bouteloua curtipendula 	Side-Oats Grama 	Y 	1-2 	Y 	3 	3 	Y 	Y 	 	
Bromus latiglumis 	Broad-glumed Brome 	Y 	2-3 	Y 	2 	2 	 	 	 	
Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' 	Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass 	 	1-2 	 	2 	2 	Y 	Y 	 	
Calamagrostis canadensis 	Canada Blue-joint/Reedgrass 	Y 	2-3 	 	1-2 	2 	 	 	 	
Carex atherodes 	Awned Sedge 	Y 	3 	 	2 	2 	 	 	 	
Carex bebbii 	Bebb’s Sedge 	Y 	2-3 	 	1-2 	2 	 	Y 	 	
Carex brevior 	Brevior Sedge 	Y 	1-2 	 	2-3 	2 	 	Y 	 	
Carex crinita 	Fringed Sedge 	Y 	2-3 	Y 	1 	1 	 	 	 	
Carex grayii 	Asa Gray Sedge 	Y 	2-3 	Y 	1 	2 	 	 	 	
Carex hystericina 	Porcupine Sedge 	Y 	3 	 	1 	2 	 	 	 	
Carex intumescens 	Bladder Sedge 	Y 	3 	Y 	1 	1 	 	 	 	
Carex lacustris 	Lake-bank Sedge 	Y 	2-3 	Y 	1 	2 	 	 	 	
Carex lupulina 	Hop Sedge 	Y 	2 	Y 	1 	1 	 	 	 	
Carex pensylvanica 	Pennsylvania Sedge 	Y 	1 	Y 	2-3 	2 	 	 	 	
Carex stipata 	Stalk-grain Sedge 	Y 	2-3 	 	1 	2 	 	Y 	 	
Carex vulpinoidea 	Fox Sedge 	Y 	2-3 	 	1-2 	2 	Y 	Y 	 	
Chasmanthium latifolium 	Upland Sea Oats 	 	2 	Y 	2 	3 	 	 	 	
Danthonia spicata 	Poverty Oatgrass 	Y 	1-2 	 	2-3 	3 	 	Y 	 	
Deschampsia cespitosa 	Tufted Hairgrass 	Y 	1 	Y 	2 	2-3 	 	 	 	
canadensis 	Canada Wild-rye 	Y 	1-2 	 	2-3 	3 	 	Y 	 	
riparius 	River Wild-rye 	Y 	2 	Y 	2 	2 	 	Y 	 	
virginicus var. virginicus 	Virginia Wild-rye 	Y 	2-3 	Y 	2 	2 	 	Y 	 	
spp. (see: other information) 	Fescue species. 	Y 	1-2 	Y 	3 	2-3 	Y 	Y 	 	
Helictotrichon sempervirens 	Blue Oat Grass 	 	1-2 	 	2 	2 	 	 	 	
Juncus effusus ssp. solutus 	Lamp Rush 	Y 	2-3 	 	1 	3 	Y 	Y 	☆ 	
Juncus tenuis 	Path Rush 	Y 	2 	Y 	2 	3 	 	Y 	 	
Muhlenbergia mexicana var. mexicana 	Mexican Muhly 	Y 	2 	Y 	2 	2 	 	 	 	
Panicum virgatum 	Shenandoah Switchgrass/Switch Panicgrass	Y 	1-3 	Y 	3 	3 	Y 	Y 	☆ 	
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'hameln' 	Fountain Grass 	 	1-2 	 	3 	3 	 	 	☆ 	
Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius) 	Little Bluestem 	Y 	1 	 	3 	2-3 	Y 	Y 	☆ 	
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (Scirpus validus)	Soft-stem Bulrush 	Y 	3 	 	1 	2-3 	Y 	 	 	upright=0.35
Scirpus atrovirens 	Dark-green Bulrush 	Y 	3 	 	1 	2 	Y 	 	 	
Scirpus cyperinus 	Cottongrass Bulrush 	Y 	3 	 	2 	2 	 	 	 	
Sorghastrum nutans 	Yellow Indian-grass 	Y 	1-2 	Y 	3 	2-3 	 	Y 	 	
Sparganium eurycarpum 	Large Bur-reed 	Y 	3 	Y 	1 	2 	 	 	 	
Sporobolus cryptandrus 	Sand Dropseed 	Y 	1 	Y 	3 	3 	Y 	Y 	 	
Sporobolus michauxianus 	Prairie Cordgrass 	Y 	2-3 	Y 	2 	2 	Y 	 	 	
Sporobolus neglectus 	Small Dropseed 	Y 	1-2 	 	3 	3 	 	Y 	 	
Typha latifolia 	Broad-leaf Cattail 	Y 	3 	 	1 	2-3 	Y 	 	 	
Carex comosa 	Bearded/Bristly Sedge 	Y 	3 	 	1 	1 	 	Y 	 	
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