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.

Alpine Meadow-grass ¹
Poa alpina

Annual Meadow-grass ²
Poa annua

Arctic Bluegrass ³
Poa arctica

Prairie Bluegrass ⁴
Poa arida

Bulbous Meadow-grass ⁵
Poa bulbosa

Flattened Meadow-grass ⁶
Poa compressa

muttongrass ⁷
Poa fendleriana

Inland Bluegrass ⁸
Poa interior

Swamp Meadow-grass ⁷
Poa palustris

Smooth Meadow-grass ⁷
Poa pratensis

Pine bluegrass ⁷
Poa secunda

Wheeler's Bluegrass ⁹
Poa wheeleri

timberline bluegrass ¹⁰
Poa glauca rupicola

Alpine Timothy ¹⁰
Phleum alpinum

Timothy ¹¹
Phleum pratense

short-awn foxtail ⁷
Alopecurus aequalis

Creeping Foxtail ¹²
Alopecurus arundinaceus

meadow foxtail ⁵
Alopecurus pratensis

American slough grass ¹³
Beckmannia syzigachne

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

Alpine Meadow-grass 1 Poa alpina

Annual Meadow-grass 2 Poa annua

Arctic Bluegrass 3 Poa arctica

Prairie Bluegrass 4 Poa arida

Bulbous Meadow-grass 5 Poa bulbosa

Flattened Meadow-grass 6 Poa compressa

muttongrass 7 Poa fendleriana

Inland Bluegrass 8 Poa interior

Swamp Meadow-grass 7 Poa palustris

Smooth Meadow-grass 7 Poa pratensis

Pine bluegrass 7 Poa secunda

Wheeler's Bluegrass 9 Poa wheeleri

timberline bluegrass 10 Poa glauca rupicola

Alpine Timothy 10 Phleum alpinum

Timothy 11 Phleum pratense

short-awn foxtail 7 Alopecurus aequalis

Creeping Foxtail 12 Alopecurus arundinaceus

meadow foxtail 5 Alopecurus pratensis

American slough grass 13 Beckmannia syzigachne