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Grasses of Montana (Poaceae Family)

Grasses as listed by the State of Montana Initial Upload: USDA Plants database state list combined with Montana Species Snapshot Filtered from All Montana Species Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on May 27, 2018, from ...more ↓

squirreltail
Elymus elymoides elymoides
plains muhly 1
Muhlenbergia cuspidata
Baffin fescue
Festuca baffinensis
Kentucky bluegrass 2
Poa pratensis
Kentucky bluegrass
Poa pratensis alpigena
Kentucky bluegrass 3
Poa pratensis pratensis
pearl millet 4
Pennisetum glaucum
false buffalograss 5
Munroa squarrosa
mountain muhly
Muhlenbergia montana
marsh muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa
blue wildrye 2
Elymus glaucus
blue wildrye 6
Elymus glaucus glaucus
squirreltail 2
Elymus elymoides
Mexican muhly 7
Muhlenbergia mexicana
purple threeawn 2
Aristida purpurea
Fendler's threeawn
Aristida purpurea fendleriana
Fendler threeawn 8
Aristida purpurea longiseta
tall oatgrass 9
Arrhenatherum elatius
annual muhly 10
Muhlenbergia minutissima
tall oatgrass
Arrhenatherum elatius elatius
mat muhly 2
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
teal lovegrass 11
Eragrostis hypnoides
scratchgrass 12
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
annual rabbitsfoot grass 13
Polypogon monspeliensis
Iowa barley
×elyhordeum iowense
Macoun's barley
×elyhordeum macounii
smallflower fescue
Festuca minutiflora
Idaho fescue
Festuca idahoensis idahoensis
mountain barley
×elyhordeum montanense
Alaskan wheatgrass
Elymus alaskanus
Alaskan wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
squirreltail 14
Elymus elymoides californicus
stinkgrass 15
Eragrostis cilianensis
tufted lovegrass 7
Eragrostis pectinacea
little lovegrass 16
Eragrostis minor
inland bluegrass 17
Poa nemoralis interior
western wheatgrass 18
Pascopyrum smithii
thin paspalum 19
Paspalum setaceum
Baker's wheatgrass
Elymus bakeri
wood bluegrass 20
Poa nemoralis
fowl bluegrass 2
Poa palustris
Canada wildrye 21
Elymus canadensis
fowl mannagrass 22
Glyceria striata
squirreltail 23
Elymus elymoides brevifolius
Montana wheatgrass
Elymus albicans
red fescue 24
Festuca rubra
spreading wheatgrass
Elymus scribneri
fineleaf sheep fescue 25
Festuca filiformis
Virginia wildrye
Elymus submuticus
slender wheatgrass 7
Elymus trachycaulus
Rydberg's wildrye
Elymus vulpinus
annual canarygrass 2
Phalaris canariensis
reed canarygrass 26
Phalaris arundinacea
tufted lovegrass 27
Eragrostis pectinacea pectinacea
northern fescue
Festuca viviparoidea viviparoidea
northern fescue
Festuca viviparoidea krajinae
northern fescue 28
Festuca viviparoidea
greenleaf fescue 29
Festuca viridula
Volga fescue 30
Festuca valesiaca
bearded fescue
Festuca subulata
plains rough fescue
Festuca hallii
Rocky Mountain fescue
Festuca saximontana saximontana
Rocky Mountain fescue 31
Festuca saximontana
Richardson's fescue
Festuca rubra arctica
red fescue
Festuca rubra vallicola
bulbous canarygrass 32
Phalaris aquatica
small floating mannagrass 33
Glyceria borealis
Jepson's blue wildrye
Elymus glaucus jepsonii
red fescue
Festuca rubra rubra
annual wheatgrass 2
Eremopyrum triticeum
rough fescue
Festuca campestris
Idaho fescue 2
Festuca idahoensis
western fescue 33
Festuca occidentalis
American mannagrass
Glyceria grandis grandis
American mannagrass
Glyceria grandis
alpine fescue
Festuca brachyphylla
icegrass 34
Phippsia algida
Colorado fescue
Festuca brachyphylla coloradensis
alpine timothy 31
Phleum alpinum
pullup muhly 35
Muhlenbergia filiformis
spiked muhly 36
Muhlenbergia glomerata
thickspike wheatgrass 2
Elymus lanceolatus
thickspike wheatgrass 2
Elymus lanceolatus lanceolatus
quackgrass 2
Elymus repens
common reed 13
Phragmites australis
timothy 37
Phleum pratense
American common reed 38
Phragmites australis americanus
alpine fescue
Festuca brachyphylla brachyphylla
soft brome 2
Bromus hordeaceus hordeaceus
basin wildrye 39
Leymus cinereus
roughleaf ricegrass 40
Oryzopsis asperifolia
colonial bentgrass 41
Agrostis capillaris
oniongrass 2
Melica bulbosa
Pumpelly's brome 42
Bromus inermis pumpellianus
smooth brome 43
Bromus inermis inermis
smooth brome 44
Bromus inermis
rice cutgrass 45
Leersia oryzoides
Malabar sprangletop 46
Leptochloa fusca
bearded sprangletop 46
Leptochloa fusca fascicularis
arctic bluegrass
Poa arctica arctica

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