| Genus species |
Cultivar |
Common Name |
Map # |
Advertised Height |
Hardiness |
|
Andropogon gerardii
|
|
Big Bluestem |
1 |
5-8 ft |
Zone 3 |
|
Anemanthele
|
Buffalo's Gold |
Gossamer Grass (Annual) |
69 |
|
unknown |
|
Arundo donax
|
Variegata |
Variegated Giant Reed |
2 |
14 ft |
Zone 6 |
|
Bouteloua curtipendula
|
|
Sideoats grama |
3 |
3 ft |
Zone 4 |
|
Bouteloua gracilis
|
|
Blue Grama |
4 |
8-15" |
Zone 3 |
|
Buchloe dactyloides
|
|
Buffalo Grass |
5 |
4-8" |
Zone 4 |
|
Calamagrostis canadensis
|
|
Bluejoint Grass |
6 |
3-5 ft |
Zone 3 |
|
Calamagrostis x acutiflora |
Overdam |
Feather Reed Grass |
9 |
3-5 ft |
Zone 4 |
|
Calamagrostis x acutiflora
|
Karl Foerster |
Feather Reed Grass |
8 |
3-5 ft |
Zone 5-9 |
|
Carex
|
Prairie Fire |
Sedge |
71 |
|
Zone 5-6 |
|
Carex
|
Bronco |
Sedge (Annual) |
70 |
|
Zone 6-7 |
|
Carex annectens
|
|
Yellowfruit Sedge |
75 |
2-3 ft |
hardy |
|
Carex buchananii
|
|
Fox Red Curly Sedge |
11 |
2-3 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Carex cornica
|
Snowline |
Snowline Sedge |
12 |
6" |
Zone 5 |
|
Carex elata
|
Bowles Golden |
Bowles Golden Sedge |
13 |
1-2 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Carex flagellifera
|
Toffee Twist |
Sedge (Annual) |
76 |
18-24" |
|
|
Carex glauca
|
|
Blue Sedge |
14 |
6-12" |
Zone 5 |
|
Carex grayi
|
|
Gray's Sedge/Mace Sedge |
15 |
3 ft |
hardy |
|
Carex muskingumensis
|
|
Palm Sedge |
17 |
2 ft |
Zone 4 |
|
Carex muskingumensis |
Oehme |
Oehme Palm Sedge |
16 |
2 ft |
Zone 4 |
|
Carex radiata
|
|
Eastern Star Sedge |
77 |
1-2 ft |
hardy |
|
Carex sp.
|
Grasshopper |
Grasshopper Sedge (Annual) |
10 |
12-16" |
Annual |
|
Carex
|
Bronzita |
Sedge |
74 |
|
Zone 5-6 |
|
Carex
|
Amazon Mist |
Sedge (Annual) |
73 |
|
Zone 6-7 |
|
Carex
|
Red Rooster |
Sedge |
72 |
|
Zone 5-6 |
|
Chasmanthium latifolium
|
|
Northern Sea Oats |
78 |
24-48" |
Zone 4-9 |
|
Corynephorus
|
Spiky Blue |
(Annual) |
79 |
8" |
|
|
Cyperus papyrus
|
King Tut |
Papyrus (Annual) |
80 |
4-6 ft |
|
|
Elymus virginicus
|
|
Virginia wild rye |
81 |
2-3 ft |
Zone 3-8 |
|
Eragrostis elliotii
|
|
Blue Lovegrass |
19 |
18" |
Zone 5-9 |
|
Eragrostis elliotii |
Wind Dancer |
Lovegrass |
18 |
2-3 ft |
Zone 6 |
|
Eragrostis trichodes
|
|
Sand Lovegrasss |
82 |
2-4 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Festuca cinerea |
Dwarf |
Fescue |
20 |
10" |
Zone 4 |
|
Festuca glauca |
Elijah's Blue |
Fescue |
21 |
6-10" |
Zone 4 |
|
Festuca obtusa
|
|
Wild nodding fescue |
84 |
8-18" |
hardy |
|
Festuca paradoxa
|
|
Clustered Fescue |
22 |
2-4 ft |
hardy |
|
Festuca
|
Festina |
Fescue |
83 |
|
|
|
Hakonechloa macra |
Aureola |
Golden Variegated Hakone Grass |
23 |
1-3 ft |
Zone 4 |
|
Hystrix patula
|
|
Bottlebrush Grass |
24 |
2-5 ft |
Zone 3 |
|
Isolepis cernua |
Live Wire |
Fiber Optic Grass (Annual) |
85 |
6-12" |
|
|
Juncus brachycarpus
|
|
Whiteroot Rush |
86 |
3 ft |
hardy |
|
Juncus ensifolius
|
Starhead |
Rush |
87 |
|
|
|
Juncus inflexus
|
Blue Arrows |
Rush |
25 |
3 ft |
Zone 5-9 |
|
Juncus pallidus
|
Javelin |
Juncus Javelin (Annual) |
26 |
5 ft |
Zone 7 |
|
Juncus tenuis
|
Blue Dart |
Common Rush |
88 |
36" |
Zone 5 |
|
Koeleria cristata
|
|
Junegrass |
27 |
2-6" |
Zone 3-9 |
|
Koeleria glauca
|
Blue Sprite |
Sprite Koeleria |
90 |
10-12" |
Zone 5 |
|
Koeleria
|
Coolio |
Junegrass |
89 |
10-12" |
Zone 4-5 |
|
Leymus arenarius
|
Blue Dune |
Blue Lyme Grass |
28 |
3-4 ft |
hardy |
|
Luzula
|
Lucius |
Rush |
91 |
|
Zone 4-6 |
|
Luzula sylvatica
|
|
Greater Wood Rush |
30 |
20" |
Zone 4 |
|
Luzula
|
Starmaker |
Rush |
92 |
|
Zone 4-6 |
|
Luzula
|
Ruby Stiletto |
Wood Rush |
29 |
8-12" |
hardy |
|
Lycurus setosus
|
|
Wolftail |
93 |
2 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Melinis nerviglumis
|
Savannah |
Pink Crystals Ruby Grass (Annual) |
31 |
1-2 ft |
Zone 9 |
|
Miscanthus
|
Purpurescens |
Autumn Flame Grass |
39 |
4-5 ft |
Zone 4 |
|
Miscanthus floridulus |
Giganteus |
Giant Chinese Silver Grass |
32 |
8-15 ft |
Zone 4-9 |
|
Miscanthus sinensis
|
Strictus |
Porcupine Grass |
43 |
4-9 ft |
Zone 5-9 |
|
Miscanthus sinensis
|
Silberfeder |
Silver Feather Grass |
41 |
7 ft |
Zone 4 |
|
Miscanthus sinensis
|
Rotsilber |
Red Silver Maiden Grass |
40 |
5-7 ft |
hardy |
|
Miscanthus sinensis
|
Gracillimus |
Maiden Grass |
35 |
7-10 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Miscanthus sinensis
|
Varigatus |
Variegated Maiden Grass |
44 |
7 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Miscanthus sinensis |
Silberfeil |
Silver Arrow Grass |
42 |
7 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Miscanthus sinensis
|
Morning Light |
Maiden Grass |
38 |
7 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Miscanthus sinensis
|
Little Zebra |
Dwarf Zebra Grass |
37 |
4 ft |
Zone 6 |
|
Miscanthus sinensis |
Little Kitten |
Dwarf Maiden Grass |
36 |
4 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Miscanthus sinensis |
Adagio |
Dwarf Maiden Grass |
34 |
5 ft |
Zone 6 |
|
Miscanthus sinensis |
Little Dot |
Dwarf Maiden Grass |
33 |
4-5 ft |
Zone 6 |
|
Miscanthus sinensis |
Yaku Jima |
Dwarf Maiden Grass |
45 |
3-4 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Molinia arundinacea
|
Skyracer |
Moor Grass |
46 |
7 ft |
Zone 4 |
|
Oryzopsis hymenoides
|
Nezpar |
Indian Ricegrass |
94 |
18" |
Zone 5-10 |
|
Panicum virgatum
|
Dallas Blues |
Blue Switch Grass |
48 |
6 ft |
Zone 4 |
|
Panicum virgatum
|
|
Switch Grass |
47 |
4-8 ft |
Zone 4 |
|
Panicum virgatum |
Shenandoah |
Red Switch Grass |
50 |
4 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Panicum virgatum
|
Prairie Sky |
Blue Switch Grass |
49 |
5 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Pennisetum alopecuroides
|
National Arboretum |
National Arboretum Fountain Grass |
54 |
2 ft |
Zone 6 |
|
Pennisetum alopecuroides
|
Hameln |
Dwarf Fountain Grass |
52 |
1.5-2.5 ft |
Zone 5-9 |
|
Pennisetum alopecuroides
|
Little Bunny |
Miniature Fountain Grass |
53 |
10-12" |
Zone 5-9 |
|
Pennisetum alopercuroides
|
Black Flower Grass |
Fountain Grass (Annual) |
51 |
3-5 ft |
Zone 8-11 |
|
Pennisetum glaucum |
Purple Majesty |
Ornamental Millet (Annual) |
96 |
4-5 ft |
|
|
Pennisetum glaucum |
Jester |
Ornamental Millet (Annual) |
95 |
3-4 ft |
|
|
Pennisetum orientale |
Karley Rose |
Oriental Fountain Grass |
55 |
4 ft |
Zone 6 |
|
Pennisetum purpureum
|
Princess |
Princess Napiergrass (Annual) |
56 |
2-3 ft |
Zone 7-11 |
|
Pennisetum setaceum
|
Tender Fountain Grass |
Fountain Grass (Annual) |
97 |
2-3 ft |
|
|
Pennisetum setaceum |
Rubrum |
Purple Fountain Grass (Annual) |
57 |
5 ft |
Zone 9 |
|
Pennisetum villosum
|
Feathertop Fountain Grass |
Fountain Grass (Annual) |
98 |
18-36" |
|
|
Phalaris arundinacea
|
Dwarf Garters |
Dwarf Ribbon Grass |
58 |
12-15" |
Zone 4 |
|
Saccharum ravennae
|
|
Hardy Pampas Grass/Ravenna Grass |
59 |
14 ft |
Zone 6 |
|
Schizachyrium scoparium
|
|
Little Bluestem |
60 |
3 ft |
Zone 3 |
|
Schizachyrium scoparium
|
The Blues |
Blue Little Bluestem |
61 |
3 ft |
Zone 3 |
|
Sesleria autumnalis
|
|
Autumn Moor Grass |
62 |
12-15" |
Zone 5 |
|
Sesleria caerulea
|
|
Blue Autumn Moor Grass |
63 |
1 ft |
Zone 4 |
|
Sorghastrum nutans
|
|
Indian Grass |
64 |
5-8 ft |
Zone 3 |
|
Sorghastrum nutans
|
Cheyenne |
Yellow Indiangrass |
99 |
3-5 ft |
Zone 4-5 |
|
Spartina pectinata
|
|
Prairie Cord Grass |
100 |
4-10 ft |
Zone 4-5 |
|
Sporobolus airoides
|
|
Alkali sacaton |
101 |
2-5 ft |
Zone 4-9 |
|
Sporobolus aspera
|
|
Rough Dropseed |
65 |
3 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Sporobolus heterolepsis
|
|
Prairie Dropseed |
66 |
1-3 ft |
Zone 3 |
|
Stipa lessingiana
|
Capriccio |
Feather Grass |
67 |
1-2 ft |
Zone 6 |
|
Stipa
|
Pony Tails |
Feather Grass |
102 |
|
Zone 5-6 |
|
Tripsacum dactyloides
|
|
Eastern Gamma Grass |
68 |
8 ft |
Zone 5 |
|
Zea mays japonica
|
|
Ornamental Corn (Annual) |
103 |
4-6 ft |
|