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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 ↓

Geyer's oniongrass
Melica geyeri geyeri
plains bluegrass
Poa arida
prairie Junegrass 1
Koeleria macrantha
bulbous bluegrass 2
Poa bulbosa
Canada bluegrass 3
Poa compressa
spike fescue 4
Festuca kingii
Siberian wheatgrass
Agropyron fragile
desert wheatgrass
Agropyron desertorum
crested wheatgrass 5
Agropyron cristatum pectinatum
crested wheatgrass 6
Agropyron cristatum
Cusick's bluegrass 1
Poa cusickii
Cusick's bluegrass
Poa cusickii cusickii
Cusick's bluegrass 1
Poa cusickii epilis
Porter brome 7
Bromus porteri
arctic bluegrass 8
Poa arctica grayana
rough bentgrass 1
Agrostis scabra
foxtail muhly 9
Muhlenbergia andina
drooping woodreed 1
Cinna latifolia
crested dogstail grass 10
Cynosurus cristatus
Great Basin brome
Bromus polyanthus
mountain brome 11
Bromus marginatus
earlyleaf brome 12
Bromus latiglumis
short bluegrass
Poa abbreviata
Patterson's bluegrass
Poa abbreviata pattersonii
alpine bluegrass 1
Poa alpina
annual bluegrass 13
Poa annua
arctic bluegrass 8
Poa arctica
Geyer's oniongrass
Melica geyeri
creeping bentgrass 1
Agrostis stolonifera
yellow wildrye
Leymus flavescens
seashore bentgrass 9
Agrostis pallens
Oregon bentgrass 14
Agrostis oregonensis
Alaska oniongrass 15
Melica subulata subulata
Pammel's oniongrass
Melica subulata pammelii
Alaska oniongrass 14
Melica subulata
purple oniongrass
Melica spectabilis
Smith's melicgrass 16
Melica smithii
northern bentgrass
Agrostis mertensii
Idaho bentgrass
Agrostis idahoensis
alpine bentgrass 1
Agrostis humilis
redtop 17
Agrostis gigantea
spike bentgrass 9
Agrostis exarata
mountain bentgrass 14
Agrostis variabilis
Thurber's needlegrass 18
Achnatherum thurberianum
Colorado wildrye
Leymus ambiguus
Persian ryegrass 1
Lolium persicum
Darnel ryegrass
Lolium temulentum
field brome 19
Bromus arvensis
pine needlegrass
Achnatherum pinetorum
Richardson's needlegrass 20
Achnatherum richardsonii
hairy grama
Bouteloua hirsuta hirsuta
hairy grama 21
Bouteloua hirsuta
blue grama 22
Bouteloua gracilis
buffalograss 23
Bouteloua dactyloides
sideoats grama 24
Bouteloua curtipendula curtipendula
Italian ryegrass 1
Lolium perenne multiflorum
sixweeks grama 1
Bouteloua barbata
perennial ryegrass 25
Lolium perenne
Nuttall's alkaligrass 4
Puccinellia nuttalliana
jointed goatgrass 26
Aegilops cylindrica
Lemmon's alkaligrass
Puccinellia lemmonii
weeping alkaligrass
Puccinellia distans distans
weeping alkaligrass 25
Puccinellia distans
American sloughgrass 27
Beckmannia syzigachne
slender oat 28
Avena barbata
wild oat 29
Avena fatua
common oat 30
Avena sativa
spikeoat 31
Helictotrichon hookeri
sideoats grama 32
Bouteloua curtipendula
muttongrass 33
Poa fendleriana longiligula
downy ryegrass 34
Leymus innovatus
saline wildrye
Leymus salinus
saline wildrye
Leymus salinus salinus
beardless wildrye 35
Leymus triticoides
soft brome 1
Bromus hordeaceus
ripgut brome 1
Bromus rigidus
western needlegrass 36
Achnatherum occidentale
pubescent western needlegrass
Achnatherum occidentale pubescens
ripgut brome 1
Bromus diandrus
fringed brome
Bromus ciliatus richardsonii
fringed brome 37
Bromus ciliatus ciliatus
Cusick's bluegrass 4
Poa cusickii pallida
perennial ryegrass
Lolium perenne perenne
muttongrass
Poa fendleriana fendleriana
Great Basin brome
Bromus polyanthus polyanthus
glaucous bluegrass 34
Poa glauca
glaucous bluegrass
Poa glauca glauca
mat sandbur
Cenchrus longispinus
timberline bluegrass 4
Poa glauca rupicola
Mt. Washington bluegrass
Poa laxa
Banff bluegrass
Poa laxa banffiana
marsh bluegrass
Poa leptocoma
Letterman's bluegrass
Poa lettermanii
water whorlgrass
Catabrosa aquatica aquatica
water whorlgrass 1
Catabrosa aquatica
fringed brome 38
Bromus ciliatus
rattlesnake brome
Bromus briziformis
muttongrass 1
Poa fendleriana
Lemmon's needlegrass
Achnatherum lemmonii lemmonii
porcupinegrass 39
Hesperostipa spartea

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