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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Grasses, Sedges, and Allies

This guide contains grasses, sedges, and rushes that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

orchard grass 1
Dactylis glomerata
tufted hair grass 2
Deschampsia cespitosa
tall fescue 3
Lolium arundinaceum
meadow fescue 4
Lolium pratense
Perennial Ryegrass 5
Lolium perenne
pullout grass 6
Vulpia octoflora
Arizona Fescue 7
Festuca arizonica
Shortleaf Fescue 8
Festuca brachyphylla
idaho fescue 9
Festuca idahoensis
Spike Fescue 10
Festuca kingii
sixweeks grass 7
Festuca octoflora
Thurber's fescue 11
Festuca thurberi
Rocky Mountain Fescue 12
Festuca saximontana saximontana
reed canary grass 13
Phalaris arundinacea
Variegated Ribbon Grass 14
Phalaris arundinacea picta
canary grass 15
Phalaris canariensis
Alpine Meadow-grass 16
Poa alpina
Annual Meadow-grass 17
Poa annua
Arctic Bluegrass 8
Poa arctica
Prairie Bluegrass 18
Poa arida
Bulbous Meadow-grass 19
Poa bulbosa
Flattened Meadow-grass 20
Poa compressa
muttongrass 2
Poa fendleriana
Inland Bluegrass 21
Poa interior
Swamp Meadow-grass 2
Poa palustris
Smooth Meadow-grass 2
Poa pratensis
Pine bluegrass 2
Poa secunda
Wheeler's Bluegrass 22
Poa wheeleri
timberline bluegrass 10
Poa glauca rupicola
Alpine Timothy 10
Phleum alpinum
Timothy 23
Phleum pratense
short-awn foxtail 2
Alopecurus aequalis
Creeping Foxtail 24
Alopecurus arundinaceus
meadow foxtail 19
Alopecurus pratensis
American slough grass 25
Beckmannia syzigachne
Fringed Brome 26
Bromus ciliatus
smooth brome 26
Bromus inermis
nodding brome 27
Bromus porteri
rattlesnake brome 22
Bromus briziformis
Japanese brome 3
Bromus japonicus
Rye Brome 28
Bromus secalinus
corn brome 29
Bromus squarrosus
California brome 2
Bromus carinatus
cheatgrass 30
Bromus tectorum
Russian Wildrye 31
Psathyrostachys juncea
Intermediate Wheatgrass 32
Thinopyrum intermedium
Tall Wheat Grass 33
Thinopyrum obtusiflorum
Eurasian Quackgrass 34
Thinopyrum ponticum
Bluebunch Wheatgrass 35
Pseudoroegneria spicata
Montana wild rye 36
Elymus albicans
Canada wild rye 37
Elymus canadensis
squirreltail 38
Elymus elymoides
Streamside Wild Rye 2
Elymus lanceolatus
Quack Grass 39
Elymus repens
Western Wheatgrass 40
Elymus smithii
slender wheat grass 41
Elymus trachycaulus
Virginia wildrye 42
Elymus virginicus
Blue Wild Rye 43
Elymus glaucus glaucus
Meadow barley 44
Hordeum brachyantherum
squirreltail 45
Hordeum jubatum
wall barley 46
Hordeum murinum
little barley 47
Hordeum pusillum
Barley 48
Hordeum vulgare
Colorado wildrye 49
Leymus ambiguus
Great Basin Wildrye 50
Leymus cinereus
crested wheatgrass 51
Agropyron cristatum
rye 52
Secale cereale
Bread Wheat 7
Triticum aestivum
jointed goat grass 53
Aegilops cylindrica
White-grained Mountain-ricegrass 54
Oryzopsis asperifolia
Needle-and-Thread 55
Hesperostipa comata
New Mexico Feathergrass 56
Hesperostipa neomexicana
mountain ricegrass 54
Piptatheropsis pungens
green needlegrass 57
Nassella viridula
Indian ricegrass 58
Achnatherum hymenoides
Nelson's needlegrass 2
Achnatherum nelsonii
sleepygrass 59
Achnatherum robustum
Little Ricegrass 2
Piptatherum exiguum
Sand Ricegrass 60
Eriocoma hymenoides
common reed 61
Phragmites australis
Forked Three-awn Grass 62
Aristida basiramea
purple three-awn 63
Aristida purpurea
Pampas Grass 64
Cortaderia selloana
timber oatgrass 65
Danthonia intermedia
Parry's Oatgrass 2
Danthonia parryi
Poverty oatgrass 66
Danthonia spicata
prairie cordgrass 67
Sporobolus michauxianus
alkali sacaton 68
Sporobolus airoides
prairie dropseed 69
Sporobolus heterolepis
Sand Reedgrass 70
Sporobolus rigidus
Tall Dropseed 6
Sporobolus compositus
foxtail prickle grass 71
Sporobolus alopecuroides
sand dropseed 72
Sporobolus cryptandrus
stinkgrass 73
Eragrostis cilianensis
purple love grass 64
Eragrostis pectinacea
Sand Lovegrass 6
Eragrostis trichodes
sideoats grama 37
Bouteloua curtipendula
Buffalo Grass 6
Bouteloua dactyloides
blue grama 74
Bouteloua gracilis
hairy grama 75
Bouteloua hirsuta

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