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 ↓

Sandberg bluegrass ¹
Poa secunda

northern bluegrass
Poa stenantha

rough bluegrass ²
Poa trivialis

Alpine Meadow-Foxtail ³
Alopecurus magellanicus

plains reedgrass
Calamagrostis montanensis

common velvetgrass ⁴
Holcus lanatus

bluejoint ⁵
Calamagrostis canadensis canadensis

bluejoint ⁶
Calamagrostis canadensis

Wheeler's bluegrass
Poa wheeleri

purple reedgrass ⁷
Calamagrostis purpurascens

meadow foxtail ¹
Alopecurus pratensis

fire reedgrass ⁸
Calamagrostis koelerioides

water foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus geniculatus

water foxtail ⁹
Alopecurus geniculatus

Carolina foxtail ¹
Alopecurus carolinianus

creeping meadow foxtail ¹⁰
Alopecurus arundinaceus

shortawn foxtail
Alopecurus aequalis aequalis

shortawn foxtail ¹
Alopecurus aequalis

orchardgrass ¹¹
Dactylis glomerata

orchardgrass
Dactylis glomerata glomerata

bristly dogstail grass ¹²
Cynosurus echinatus

purple reedgrass
Calamagrostis purpurascens purpurascens

pinegrass ¹
Calamagrostis rubescens

ditch reedgrass
Calamagrostis scopulorum

slimstem reedgrass ¹³
Calamagrostis stricta

northern reedgrass ¹⁴
Calamagrostis stricta inexpansa

slimstem reedgrass
Calamagrostis stricta stricta

Tweedy's reedgrass
Calamagrostis tweedyi

annual fescue ⁴
Vulpia myuros

tall trisetum ¹⁵
Trisetum canescens

hybrid false oat
Trisetum × orthochaetum

spike trisetum ¹
Trisetum spicatum

sixweeks fescue ¹
Vulpia octoflora

sixweeks fescue
Vulpia octoflora glauca

slender wedgescale ¹⁶
Sphenopholis intermedia

sixweeks fescue
Vulpia octoflora hirtella

sixweeks fescue
Vulpia octoflora octoflora

mountain hairgrass ¹
Vahlodea atropurpurea

common rivergrass ¹⁷
Scolochloa festucacea

common hardgrass ¹⁸
Sclerochloa dura

Wolf's trisetum ¹⁹
Trisetum wolfii

desert fescue ²⁰
Vulpia microstachys

brome fescue ²¹
Vulpia bromoides

North Africa grass
Ventenata dubia

prairie wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata

pale false mannagrass ¹
Torreyochloa pallida

pale false mannagrass
Torreyochloa pallida pauciflora

Pacific fescue
Vulpia microstachys pauciflora

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Grasses of Montana (Poaceae Family)

Sandberg bluegrass 1 Poa secunda

northern bluegrass Poa stenantha

rough bluegrass 2 Poa trivialis

Alpine Meadow-Foxtail 3 Alopecurus magellanicus

plains reedgrass Calamagrostis montanensis

common velvetgrass 4 Holcus lanatus

bluejoint 5 Calamagrostis canadensis canadensis

bluejoint 6 Calamagrostis canadensis

Wheeler's bluegrass Poa wheeleri

purple reedgrass 7 Calamagrostis purpurascens

meadow foxtail 1 Alopecurus pratensis

fire reedgrass 8 Calamagrostis koelerioides

water foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus geniculatus

water foxtail 9 Alopecurus geniculatus

Carolina foxtail 1 Alopecurus carolinianus

creeping meadow foxtail 10 Alopecurus arundinaceus

shortawn foxtail Alopecurus aequalis aequalis

shortawn foxtail 1 Alopecurus aequalis

orchardgrass 11 Dactylis glomerata

orchardgrass Dactylis glomerata glomerata

bristly dogstail grass 12 Cynosurus echinatus

purple reedgrass Calamagrostis purpurascens purpurascens

pinegrass 1 Calamagrostis rubescens

ditch reedgrass Calamagrostis scopulorum

slimstem reedgrass 13 Calamagrostis stricta

northern reedgrass 14 Calamagrostis stricta inexpansa

slimstem reedgrass Calamagrostis stricta stricta

Tweedy's reedgrass Calamagrostis tweedyi

annual fescue 4 Vulpia myuros

tall trisetum 15 Trisetum canescens

hybrid false oat Trisetum × orthochaetum

spike trisetum 1 Trisetum spicatum

sixweeks fescue 1 Vulpia octoflora

sixweeks fescue Vulpia octoflora glauca

slender wedgescale 16 Sphenopholis intermedia

sixweeks fescue Vulpia octoflora hirtella

sixweeks fescue Vulpia octoflora octoflora

mountain hairgrass 1 Vahlodea atropurpurea

common rivergrass 17 Scolochloa festucacea

common hardgrass 18 Sclerochloa dura

Wolf's trisetum 19 Trisetum wolfii

desert fescue 20 Vulpia microstachys

brome fescue 21 Vulpia bromoides

North Africa grass Ventenata dubia

prairie wedgescale Sphenopholis obtusata

pale false mannagrass 1 Torreyochloa pallida

pale false mannagrass Torreyochloa pallida pauciflora

Pacific fescue Vulpia microstachys pauciflora