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Kansas Shortgrass Prairie Species Lists |
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GRASSES |
Family: Poaceae |
Shortgrass |
Mixed Prairie |
Tallgrass |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Alkali sacaton |
Sporobolus airioides |
X |
X |
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Barnyardgrass |
Echinochloa muricata |
X |
X |
X |
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Blue grama |
Bouteloua gracilis |
X |
X |
X |
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Buffalograss |
Buchloe dactyloides |
X |
X |
X |
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Canada wild-rye |
Elymus canadensis |
X |
X |
X |
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Common witchgrass |
Panicum capillare |
X |
X |
X |
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Hairy grama |
Bouteloua hirsuta |
X |
X |
X |
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Hairy tridens |
Tridens pilosus |
X |
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Indian ricegrass |
Achnatherum hymenoides |
X |
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Indiangrass |
Sorghastrum nutans |
X |
X |
X |
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Inland saltgrass |
Distichlis spicata |
X |
X |
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Kentucky bluegrass |
Poa pratensis |
X |
X |
X |
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Little bluestem |
Schizachyrium (Andropogon) scoparium |
X |
X |
X |
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Marsh muhly |
Muhlenbergia racemosa |
X |
X |
X |
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Needle-and-thread |
Hesperostipa (Stipa) comata |
X |
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Prairie cordgrass |
Spartina pectinata |
X |
X |
X |
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Prairie wedgescale |
Sphenopholis obtusata |
X |
X |
X |
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Purple threeawn |
Aristida purpurea |
X |
X |
X |
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Red lovegrass |
Eragrostis secundiflora |
X |
X |
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Red threeawn |
Aristida longiseta |
X |
X |
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Sand bluestem |
Andropogon hallii |
X |
X |
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Sand dropseed |
Sporobolus cryptandrus |
X |
X |
X |
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Sideoats grama |
Bouteloua curtipendula |
X |
X |
X |
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Switchgrass |
Panicum virgatum |
X |
X |
X |
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Tall dropseed |
Sporobolus compositus (asper) |
X |
X |
X |
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Tumblegrass |
Schedonnardus paniculatus |
X |
X |
X |
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Virginia wild-rye |
Elymus virginicus |
X |
X |
X |
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Western wheatgrass |
Pascopyrum (Agropyron) smithii |
X |
X |
X |
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Windmill grass |
Chloris verticillata |
X |
X |
X |
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Kansas Shortgrass Prairie Species Lists |
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GRASSHOPPERS |
Family: Acrididae |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Shortgrass |
Mixed Prairie |
Tallgrass |
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Band-Winged |
Subfamily: Oedipodinae |
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Bluelegged grasshopper |
Metator pardalimus |
X |
X |
X |
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Broad-banded grasshopper |
Trimerotropis latifasciata |
X |
X |
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Carolina grasshopper |
Dissosteira carolina |
X |
X |
X |
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Citrus-winged grasshopper |
Trimerotropis citrina |
X |
X |
X |
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Coralwinged grasshopper |
Pardalophora apiculta |
X |
X |
X |
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Dusky grasshopper |
Encoptolophus costalis |
X |
X |
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Dusky grasshopper |
Encoptolophus sordidus |
X |
X |
X |
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Great crested grasshopper |
Tropidolophus formosus |
X |
X |
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Greenstriped grasshopper |
Chortophaga viridifasciata |
X |
X |
X |
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Haldeman's grasshopper |
Pardalophora haldermanii |
X |
X |
X |
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Hayden grasshopper |
Derotmema haydenii |
X |
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High plains grasshopper |
Dissosteira longipennis |
X |
X |
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Kiowa range grasshopper |
Trachyrhachys kiowa |
X |
X |
X |
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Magnificient grasshopper |
Hadrotettix magnificus |
X |
X |
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Mottled sand grasshopper |
Spharagemon collare |
X |
X |
X |
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Orangelegged grasshopper |
Spharagemon equale |
X |
X |
X |
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Pallid-winged grasshopper |
Trimerotropis pallidpennis |
X |
X |
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Platt range grasshopper |
Mestobregma plattei plattei |
X |
X |
X |
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Redshanked grasshopper |
Xanthippus corallipes |
X |
X |
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Redwinged grasshopper |
Arphia pseudonietana |
X |
X |
X |
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Ridgeback sand grasshopper |
Spharagemon cristatum |
X |
X |
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Sassure's grasshopper |
Pardalophora saussrei |
X |
X |
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Seaside grasshopper |
Trimerotropis maritima |
X |
X |
X |
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Southwestern dusky grasshopper |
Encoptolophus subgracilis |
X |
X |
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