Plants (Grasses) of the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes found at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center in Houston, TX
Little Bluestem
1
Schizachyrium scoparium
Indian Grass
2
Sorghastrum nutans
Pan American Balsamscale
3
Elionurus tripsacoides
Eastern Gama Grass
4
Tripsacum dactyloides
Open Flower Rosette Grass
5
Dichanthelium laxiflorum
Scribner's Rosette Grass
6
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
Roundseed Panicgrass
7
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon
Beaked Panicgrass
8
Panicum anceps
Maidencane
9
Panicum hemitomon
Redtop Panicgrass
10
Panicum rigidulum
Blue-joint Panicgrass
11
Panicum tenerum
Switchgrass
12
Panicum virgatum
Big Bluestem
13
Andropogon gerardii
Bushy Bluestem
14
Andropogon glomeratus
Splitbeard Bluestem
15
Andropogon ternarius
Broomsedge Bluestem
16
Andropogon virginicus
Coastal Bristle Grass
17
Setaria corrugata
March Bristlegrass
18
Setaria parviflora
Winter Bentgrass
19
Agrostis hyemalis
Little Barley
20
Hordeum pusillum
Annual Blue Grass (!)
21
Poa annua
Johnson Grass (!)
22
Sorghum halepense
Hairy Muhly Grass
23
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Lindheimer's Muhly
24
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri
Common Carpet Grass
22
Axonopus fissifolius
Bahia Grass
25
Paspalum notatum
Brownseed Paspalum
26
Paspalum plicatulum
Vasey's Grass (!)
27
Paspalum urvillei
Texas Windmill Grass
28
Chloris texensis
Slimspike Three-awn Grass
29
Aristida longespica
Old Field Three-awn Grass
30
Aristida oligantha
Purple Threeawn
31
Aristida purpurea
Rice Cutgrass
32
Leersia oryzoides
Sideoats Grama
13
Bouteloua curtipendula
King Ranch Bluestem (!)
30
Bothriochloa ischaemum
Silver Beardgrass
33
Bothriochloa laguroides
Sugarcane Plume Grass
34
Saccharum giganteum
Purpletop Tridens
34
Tridens flavus
Longspike Tridens
35
Tridens strictus
