Kansas Tallgrass Prairie Species List
GRASSES	Family: Poaceae	Tallgrass	Mixed Prairie	Shortgrass
Common Name	Scientific Name
Barnyardgrass	Echinochloa muricata	X	X	X
Big bluestem	Andropogon gerardii	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
Eastern gamagrass	Tripsacum dactyloides	X	X
Fall witch grass	Digitaria cognata	X	X
Hairy grama	Bouteloua hirsuta	X	X	X
Indiangrass	Sorghastrum nutans	X	X	X
Junegrass	Koeleria macrantha	X	X
Kentucky bluegrass	Poa pratensis	X	X	X
Little bluestem	Schizachyrium (Andropogon) scoparium	X	X	X
Marsh muhly	Muhlenbergia racemosa	X	X	X
Nodding muhly	Muhlenbergia bushii	X	X
Plains muhly	Muhlenbergia cuspidata	X	X
Porcupinegrass	Hesperostipa spartea	X	X
Prairie cordgrass	Spartina pectinata	X	X	X
Prairie dropseed	Sporobolus heterolepis	X
Prairie threeawn	Aristida oligantha	X	X
Prairie wedgescale	Sphenopholis obtusata	X	X	X
Purple lovegrass	Eragrostis spectabilis	X	X
Purple threeawn	Aristida purpurea	X	X	X
Purpletop	Tridens flavus	X	X
Sand dropseed	Sporobolus cryptandrus	X	X	X
Scribner's dichanthelium	Dichanthelium (Panicum) oligosanthes	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
Woodland brome	Bromus pubescens	X
Kansas Tallgrass Prairie Species List
GRASSHOPPERS	Family: Acrididae
Common Name	Scientific Name	Tallgrass	Mixed Prairie	Shortgrass
Band-Winged	Subfamily: Oedipodinae
(no common name)	Arphia simplex	X	X
Autumn yellow-winged grasshopper	Arphia xanthoptera	X	X
Bluelegged grasshopper	Metator pardalimus	X	X	X
Boll's grasshopper	Spharagemon bolli	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 sordidus	X	X	X
Greenstriped grasshopper	Chortophaga viridifasciata	X	X	X
Haldeman's grasshopper	Pardalophora haldermanii	X	X	X
Kiowa range grasshopper	Trachyrhachys kiowa	X	X	X
Mottled sand grasshopper	Spharagemon collare	X	X	X
Orangelegged grasshopper	Spharagemon equale	X	X	X
Orangewinged grasshopper	Pardalophora phoenicoptera	X
Platt range grasshopper	Mestobregma plattei plattei	X	X	X
Redwinged grasshopper	Arphia pseudonietana	X	X	X
Seaside grasshopper	Trimerotropis maritima	X	X	X
Specklewinged grasshopper	Arphia conspersa	X	X	X
Sulfurwinged grasshopper	Arphia sulphurea	X