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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.

White-grained Mountain-ricegrass 1
Oryzopsis asperifolia
Needle-and-Thread 2
Hesperostipa comata
New Mexico Feathergrass 3
Hesperostipa neomexicana
mountain ricegrass 1
Piptatheropsis pungens
green needlegrass 4
Nassella viridula
Indian ricegrass 5
Achnatherum hymenoides
Nelson's needlegrass 6
Achnatherum nelsonii
sleepygrass 7
Achnatherum robustum
Little Ricegrass 6
Piptatherum exiguum
Sand Ricegrass 8
Eriocoma hymenoides

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