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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.

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
stinkgrass 8
Eragrostis cilianensis
purple love grass 9
Eragrostis pectinacea
Sand Lovegrass 5
Eragrostis trichodes
sideoats grama 10
Bouteloua curtipendula
Buffalo Grass 5
Bouteloua dactyloides
blue grama 11
Bouteloua gracilis
hairy grama 12
Bouteloua hirsuta
Bermuda grass 8
Cynodon dactylon
windmill grass 5
Chloris verticillata
feather finger grass 13
Chloris virgata
Salt Grass 14
Distichlis spicata
Tumble Grass 5
Schedonnardus paniculatus
Pine Dropseed 15
Blepharoneuron tricholepis
scratch grass 16
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
Plains Muhlenbergia 17
Muhlenbergia cuspidata
pull-up muhly 18
Muhlenbergia filiformis
mountain muhly 19
Muhlenbergia montana
Green Muhly 20
Muhlenbergia racemosa
mat muhly 21
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
Ring Muhly 22
Muhlenbergia torreyi
Spike Muhly 20
Muhlenbergia wrightii
Slim Tridens 23
Tridens muticus
false buffalo-grass 23
Munroa squarrosa

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