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I first created this site back in 1998 to document the wild plants that I encountered.  But it has grown into a clearinghouse of information on landscaping, backyard birds, butterfly gardening, plant identification and making paper from plant fiber. After leaving Kansas, I thought of deleting the site. But realize it has a wealth of information that people rely upon.

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Kansas Grasses

Plant Search

Plant Search Results (Records 154)

Scientific Name Common Name Common Family Plant Type Plant Height Flower Color Plant Origin Image
Agrostis gigantea Red Top Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 7
Agrostis hyemalis Winter Bent Grass Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 3
Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem Grass Grass 8.0 feet Green Kansas Native 1
Andropogon virginicus Broomsedge Bluestem Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 1
Aristida oligantha Prairie Threeawn Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Aristida purpurascens Arrow Feather Threeawn Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 1
Aristida purpurea Purple Threeawn Grass Grass 1.0 feet Violet /Green Kansas Native 5
Bothriochloa bladhii Caucasian Bluestem Grass Grass 3.0 feet Violet /Green U.S. Introduction 7
Bothriochloa laguroides Silver Bluestem Grass Grass 3.0 feet White /Green Kansas Native 7
Bouteloua curtipendula Side-Oats Grama Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 5
Bouteloua hirsuta Hairy Grama Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Bromus hordeaceus Soft Brome Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 8
Bromus inermis Smooth Brome Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 5
Bromus japonicus Japanese Brome Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 8
Bromus pubescens Canada Brome Grass Grass 4.0 feet Green Kansas Native 9
Bromus tectorum Downy Brome Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 3
Buchloe dactyloides Buffalo Grass Grass Grass 0.5 feet Green Kansas Native 8
Carex aggregata Cluster Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex albicans Whitetinge Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Carex annectens Yellowfruit Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex austrina southern sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Carex bicknellii Bicknells Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Carex blanda Eastern Woodland Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Carex brevior Straw Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex bushii Bushes Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 5
Carex cephalophora Oval Leaf Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex conjuncta Soft Fox Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex crus-corvi Raven Foot Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Carex davisii Davis Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex emoryi Emory Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 6
Carex frankii Franks Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Carex granularis Meadow Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Carex gravida Heavy Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex grayi Grays Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 5
Carex grisea Narrowleaf Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex hirsutella Hirsute Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex hyalinolepis Shoreline Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Carex hystericina Bottlebrush Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex inops Sun Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 3
Carex jamesii James Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex laeviconica Smoothcone Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 1
Carex leavenworthii Leavenworth's Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Carex meadii Meads Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Yellow Kansas Native 2
Carex mesochorea Midland Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Carex molesta Pest Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex muehlenbergii Muhlenberg's Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Carex normalis Normal Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Carex oligocarpa Straight-fruit Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex pellita Wooly Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex radiata Radiate Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Carex rosea Rosy Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Carex sparganioides Burr Reed Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Carex stipata Owl fruit Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Carex umbellata Low Sedge Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Carex vulpinoidea Fox Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Cenchrus longispinus Field Sandbur Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Chasmanthium latifolium Indian Woodoats Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Chloris verticillata whorled windmill grass Grass Grass 0.5 feet Green Kansas Native 5
Cinna arundinacea Sweet Woodreed Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Cynodon dactylon Bermuda Grass Grass Grass 0.5 feet Green U.S. Introduction 8
Cyperus erythrorhizos Red Root Flat Sedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Cyperus esculentus Yellow Nut Sedge Sedge Grass 0.5 feet Green Kansas Native 1
Cyperus lupulinus Slender Stem Flat Sedge Sedge Grass 0.5 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Cyperus odoratus Fragrant Flatsedge Sedge Grass 0.5 feet Brown Kansas Native 2
Cyperus squarrosus Bearded Flatsedge Sedge Grass 0.5 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Cyperus strigosus Strawcolored Flatsedge Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Brown Kansas Native 0
Dactylis glomerata Orchardgrass Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 4
Diarrhena obovata American Beakgrass Grass Grass 1.5 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Dichanthelium acuminatum Tapered Panicgrass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 5
Dichanthelium clandestinum Deertongue Panicgrass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 7
Dichanthelium leibergii Leiberg's Panicgrass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 8
Dichanthelium linearifolium Slimleaf Panicgrass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Dichanthelium oligosanthes Scribners Panicgrass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 8
Dichanthelium perlongum Slimleaf Panicgrass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 6
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon Roundseed Panicgrass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Digitaria cognata Fall Witch Grass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Digitaria filiformis Slender Crabgass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Digitaria ischaemum Smooth Crabgrass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 0
Digitaria sanguinalis Hairy Crabgrass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 4
Echinochloa crus-galli Barnyard Grass Grass Grass 4.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 4
Eleocharis compressa Flatstem Spikerush Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Eleocharis macrostachya Common Spikerush Sedge Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Eleusine indica Indian Goose Grass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 4
Elymus canadensis Canada Wildrye Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 3
Elymus hystrix Bottlebrush Grass Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 3
Elymus villosus Hairy Wild Rye Grass Grass 1.5 feet Green Kansas Native 7
Elymus virginicus Virginia Wildrye Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 3
Eragrostis cilianensis Stinkgrass Grass Grass 0.6 feet Green U.S. Introduction 12
Eragrostis pectinacea Carolina Love Grass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Eragrostis spectabilis Purple Lovegrass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Violet Kansas Native 5
Eriochloa contracta Prairie Cup Grass Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 10
Festuca paradoxa Cluster Fescue Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Festuca subverticillata Nodding Fescue Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 5
Fimbristylis puberula Hairy Fimbry Sedge Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 3
Fimbristylis vahlii Vahl's Fimbry Sedge Grass 0.1 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Glyceria striata Fowl Managrass Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 5
Hordeum jubatum Foxtail Barley Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Juncus dudleyi Dudley's Rush Rush Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 7
Juncus interior Inland Rush Rush Grass 4.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Juncus tenuis Path Rush Rush Grass 0.5 feet Green Kansas Native 3
Juncus torreyi Torrey's Rush Rush Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Koeleria cristata Junegrass Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 1
Leersia oryzoides Rice Cutgrass Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 8
Leersia virginica Whitegrass Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 6
Lipocarpha micrantha Small Flower Dwarf Bulrush Sedge Grass 0.2 feet Green Kansas Native 5
Muhlenbergia bushii Nodding Muhly Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Muhlenbergia cuspidata Plains Muhly Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 5
Muhlenbergia mexicana Mexican Muhly Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Muhlenbergia racemosa Marsh Muhly Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 7
Muhlenbergia sobolifera Rock Muhly Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 9
Neeragrostis reptans Creeping Love Grass Grass Grass 0.1 feet Green Kansas Native 3
Panicum capillare Witchgrass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 1
Panicum dichotomiflorum Witchgrass Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 8
Panicum virgatum Switchgrass Grass Grass 4.0 feet Green Kansas Native 8
Pascopyrum smithii Western Wheatgrass Grass Grass 2.5 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Paspalum pubiflorum Hairy-seed Paspalum Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Paspalum setaceum Thin Paspalum Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary Grass Grass Grass 6.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 3
Phleum pratense Timothy Grass Grass 4.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 7
Poa annua annual blue grass Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 5
Poa compressa Canada Bluegrass Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 0
Poa pratensis Kentucky Bluegrass Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 6
Poa sylvestris Woodland Bluegrass Grass Grass 2.0 feet Green Kansas Native 3
Schedonnardus paniculatus Tumblegrass Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 7
Schedonorus pratensis Meadow Mountain Fescue Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 7
Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 5
Schoenoplectiella saximontana Rocky Mountain bulrush Sedge Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Schoenoplectus fluviatilis River Bulrush Sedge Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Softstem Bulrush Sedge Grass 4.0 feet Green Kansas Native 6
Scirpus atrovirens Green Bulrush Sedge Grass 4.0 feet Green Kansas Native 7
Scirpus pallidus Pale Bulrush Sedge Grass 6.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Scirpus pendulus Drooping Bulrush Sedge Grass 4.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Scleria triglomerata Whip Razorsedge Sedge Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 0
Sclerochloa dura Hard Grass Grass Grass 0.2 feet Green U.S. Introduction 2
Setaria faberi Chinese Foxtail Grass Grass 4.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 1
Setaria italica Italian Foxtail Grass Grass 4.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 0
Setaria pumila Yellow Foxtail Grass Grass 4.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 7
Setaria viridis Green Foxtail Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 5
Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass Grass Grass 5.0 feet Green Kansas Native 6
Sorghum halepense Johnsongrass Grass Grass 6.0 feet Green U.S. Introduction 4
Sparganium eurycarpum Giant Bur Reed Bur Reed Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 7
Spartina pectinata Cordgrass Grass Grass 8.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Sphenopholis obtusata Prairie Wedgescale Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 7
Sporobolus compositus Rough Dropseed Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Sporobolus cryptandrus Sand Dropseed Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 7
Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed Grass Grass 3.0 feet Green Kansas Native 2
Sporobolus pyramidatus Whorled Dropseed Grass Grass 1.0 feet Green Kansas Native 5
Stipa spartea Porcupine Grass Grass Grass 4.0 feet Green Kansas Native 1
Tridens flavus Purple Top Grass Grass 3.0 feet Violet Kansas Native 5
Tripsacum dactyloides Gama Grass Grass Grass 5.0 feet Green Kansas Native 7
Typha angustifolia Narrowleaf Cattail Cat-tail Grass 5.0 feet Green Kansas Native 4
Typha domingensis Southern Cat Tail Cat-tail Grass 6.0 feet Green Kansas Native 3
Typha latifolia Broadleaf Cattail Cat-tail Grass 6.0 feet Green Kansas Native 5
Vulpia octoflora Six Weeks Fescue Grass Grass 0.5 feet Green Kansas Native 3

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