List of Minnesota grasses, sedges, and rushes

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 spartea (porcupine grass; native)

J

Juncus canadensis (Canada rush; native)

Juncus tenuis (path rush; native)

K

Koeleria macrantha (junegrass; native)

L

Luzula multiflora (common woodrush; native)

P

Panicum virgatum (switchgrass; 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)