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.

prairie cordgrass ¹
Sporobolus michauxianus

alkali sacaton ²
Sporobolus airoides

prairie dropseed ³
Sporobolus heterolepis

Sand Reedgrass ⁴
Sporobolus rigidus

Tall Dropseed ⁵
Sporobolus compositus

foxtail prickle grass ⁶
Sporobolus alopecuroides

sand dropseed ⁷
Sporobolus cryptandrus

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

prairie cordgrass 1 Sporobolus michauxianus

alkali sacaton 2 Sporobolus airoides

prairie dropseed 3 Sporobolus heterolepis

Sand Reedgrass 4 Sporobolus rigidus

Tall Dropseed 5 Sporobolus compositus

foxtail prickle grass 6 Sporobolus alopecuroides

sand dropseed 7 Sporobolus cryptandrus