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.

Bermuda grass ¹
Cynodon dactylon

windmill grass ²
Chloris verticillata

feather finger grass ³
Chloris virgata

Salt Grass ⁴
Distichlis spicata

Tumble Grass ²
Schedonnardus paniculatus

Pine Dropseed ⁵
Blepharoneuron tricholepis

scratch grass ⁶
Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Plains Muhlenbergia ⁷
Muhlenbergia cuspidata

pull-up muhly ⁸
Muhlenbergia filiformis

mountain muhly ⁹
Muhlenbergia montana

Green Muhly ¹⁰
Muhlenbergia racemosa

mat muhly ¹¹
Muhlenbergia richardsonis

Ring Muhly ¹²
Muhlenbergia torreyi

Spike Muhly ¹⁰
Muhlenbergia wrightii

Slim Tridens ¹³
Tridens muticus

false buffalo-grass ¹³
Munroa squarrosa

narrow-leaved cattail ¹⁴
Typha angustifolia

broadleaf cattail ¹⁵
Typha latifolia

Graceful Cattail ¹⁶
Typha laxmannii

hybrid cattail ¹⁷
Typha × glauca

Narrow-leaved Bur-reed ¹⁸
Sparganium angustifolium

unbranched bur-reed ¹⁹
Sparganium emersum

big bur-reed ²⁰
Sparganium eurycarpum

Arctic rush ²¹
Juncus arcticus

Baltic Rush ²²
Juncus balticus

Toad rush ²³
Juncus bufonius

Flattened Rush ²⁴
Juncus compressus

colorado rush ²⁵
Juncus confusus

drummond's rush ²³
Juncus drummondii

Dudley's Rush ²⁶
Juncus dudleyi

Soft Rush ²⁷
Juncus effusus

dagger rush ²³
Juncus ensifolius

Inland Rush ²
Juncus interior

long-styled rush ²⁸
Juncus longistylis

mertens' rush ²⁹
Juncus mertensianus

Knotted Rush ³⁰
Juncus nodosus

Rocky Mountain rush ³¹
Juncus saximontanus

Torrey's rush ³²
Juncus torreyi

Small-flower Woodrush ³³
Luzula parviflora

Colorado woodrush ¹³
Luzula subcapitata

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

Bermuda grass 1 Cynodon dactylon

windmill grass 2 Chloris verticillata

feather finger grass 3 Chloris virgata

Salt Grass 4 Distichlis spicata

Tumble Grass 2 Schedonnardus paniculatus

Pine Dropseed 5 Blepharoneuron tricholepis

scratch grass 6 Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Plains Muhlenbergia 7 Muhlenbergia cuspidata

pull-up muhly 8 Muhlenbergia filiformis

mountain muhly 9 Muhlenbergia montana

Green Muhly 10 Muhlenbergia racemosa

mat muhly 11 Muhlenbergia richardsonis

Ring Muhly 12 Muhlenbergia torreyi

Spike Muhly 10 Muhlenbergia wrightii

Slim Tridens 13 Tridens muticus

false buffalo-grass 13 Munroa squarrosa

narrow-leaved cattail 14 Typha angustifolia

broadleaf cattail 15 Typha latifolia

Graceful Cattail 16 Typha laxmannii

hybrid cattail 17 Typha × glauca

Narrow-leaved Bur-reed 18 Sparganium angustifolium

unbranched bur-reed 19 Sparganium emersum

big bur-reed 20 Sparganium eurycarpum

Arctic rush 21 Juncus arcticus

Baltic Rush 22 Juncus balticus

Toad rush 23 Juncus bufonius

Flattened Rush 24 Juncus compressus

colorado rush 25 Juncus confusus

drummond's rush 23 Juncus drummondii

Dudley's Rush 26 Juncus dudleyi

Soft Rush 27 Juncus effusus

dagger rush 23 Juncus ensifolius

Inland Rush 2 Juncus interior

long-styled rush 28 Juncus longistylis

mertens' rush 29 Juncus mertensianus

Knotted Rush 30 Juncus nodosus

Rocky Mountain rush 31 Juncus saximontanus

Torrey's rush 32 Juncus torreyi

Small-flower Woodrush 33 Luzula parviflora

Colorado woodrush 13 Luzula subcapitata