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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.

Russian Wildrye 1
Psathyrostachys juncea
Intermediate Wheatgrass 2
Thinopyrum intermedium
Tall Wheat Grass 3
Thinopyrum obtusiflorum
Eurasian Quackgrass 4
Thinopyrum ponticum
Bluebunch Wheatgrass 5
Pseudoroegneria spicata
Montana wild rye 6
Elymus albicans
Canada wild rye 7
Elymus canadensis
squirreltail 8
Elymus elymoides
Streamside Wild Rye 9
Elymus lanceolatus
Quack Grass 10
Elymus repens
Western Wheatgrass 11
Elymus smithii
slender wheat grass 12
Elymus trachycaulus
Virginia wildrye 13
Elymus virginicus
Blue Wild Rye 14
Elymus glaucus glaucus
Meadow barley 15
Hordeum brachyantherum
squirreltail 16
Hordeum jubatum
wall barley 17
Hordeum murinum
little barley 18
Hordeum pusillum
Barley 19
Hordeum vulgare
Colorado wildrye 20
Leymus ambiguus
Great Basin Wildrye 21
Leymus cinereus
crested wheatgrass 22
Agropyron cristatum
rye 23
Secale cereale
Bread Wheat 24
Triticum aestivum
jointed goat grass 25
Aegilops cylindrica

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