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