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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 ↓

tapered rosette grass
Dichanthelium acuminatum acuminatum
tapered rosette grass 1
Dichanthelium acuminatum
slender hairgrass 2
Deschampsia elongata
annual hairgrass 3
Deschampsia danthonioides
tufted hairgrass 2
Deschampsia cespitosa
Achnatherum bloomeri
Achnatherum × bloomeri
contracted ricegrass
Achnatherum contractum
dense silkybent 2
Apera interrupta
Indian ricegrass 4
Achnatherum hymenoides
meadow barley 5
Hordeum brachyantherum brachyantherum
Lemmon's needlegrass
Achnatherum lemmonii
needle and thread
Hesperostipa comata comata
Letterman's needlegrass
Achnatherum lettermanii
Columbia needlegrass 2
Achnatherum nelsonii
Dore's needlegrass
Achnatherum nelsonii dorei
prairie sandreed
Calamovilfa longifolia longifolia
onespike danthonia 2
Danthonia unispicata
poverty oatgrass 6
Danthonia spicata
northern sweetgrass 7
Hierochloe hirta
northern sweetgrass
Hierochloe hirta arctica
Parry's oatgrass
Danthonia parryi
sweet woodreed 8
Cinna arundinacea
timber oatgrass
Danthonia intermedia
bald brome 9
Bromus racemosus
alpine sweetgrass
Anthoxanthum monticola
broomcorn millet
Panicum miliaceum miliaceum
nodding bluegrass
Poa reflexa
Sandberg bluegrass 2
Poa secunda
northern bluegrass
Poa stenantha
rough barnyardgrass 1
Echinochloa muricata microstachya
rough barnyardgrass 2
Echinochloa muricata
barnyardgrass 10
Echinochloa crus-galli
jungle rice 11
Echinochloa colona
rough bluegrass 12
Poa trivialis
saltgrass 13
Distichlis spicata
hairy crabgrass 14
Digitaria sanguinalis
smooth crabgrass 15
Digitaria ischaemum
fall rosette grass 16
Dichanthelium wilcoxianum
shortbristle needle and thread
Hesperostipa curtiseta
switchgrass 17
Panicum virgatum
intermediate needle and thread
Hesperostipa comata intermedia
proso millet 18
Panicum miliaceum
fall panicgrass 5
Panicum dichotomiflorum dichotomiflorum
fall panicgrass 10
Panicum dichotomiflorum
witchgrass 11
Panicum capillare
Scribner's rosette grass 19
Dichanthelium oligosanthes scribnerianum
Heller's rosette grass
Dichanthelium oligosanthes oligosanthes
Heller's rosette grass
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
Geysers panicgrass
Dichanthelium acuminatum thermale
Pacific panicgrass
Dichanthelium acuminatum sericeum
western panicgrass 20
Dichanthelium acuminatum fasciculatum
needle and thread 21
Hesperostipa comata
meadow barley 2
Hordeum brachyantherum
switchgrass 10
Panicum virgatum virgatum
Alpine Meadow-Foxtail 22
Alopecurus magellanicus
plains reedgrass
Calamagrostis montanensis
foxtail barley 23
Hordeum jubatum
common velvetgrass 24
Holcus lanatus
bluejoint 25
Calamagrostis canadensis canadensis
bluejoint 26
Calamagrostis canadensis
Wheeler's bluegrass
Poa wheeleri
Columbia brome 27
Bromus vulgaris
cheatgrass 15
Bromus tectorum
corn brome 28
Bromus squarrosus
purple reedgrass 29
Calamagrostis purpurascens
meadow foxtail 2
Alopecurus pratensis
fire reedgrass 30
Calamagrostis koelerioides
water foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus geniculatus
water foxtail 8
Alopecurus geniculatus
Carolina foxtail 2
Alopecurus carolinianus
creeping meadow foxtail 31
Alopecurus arundinaceus
shortawn foxtail
Alopecurus aequalis aequalis
shortawn foxtail 2
Alopecurus aequalis
Russian wildrye
Psathyrostachys juncea
foxtail wheatgrass
×pseudelymus saxicola
bluebunch wheatgrass 32
Pseudoroegneria spicata
beardless wheatgrass
Pseudoroegneria spicata inermis
bluebunch wheatgrass
Pseudoroegneria spicata spicata
red brome 33
Bromus rubens
rye brome 34
Bromus secalinus
orchardgrass 35
Dactylis glomerata
intermediate barley 36
Hordeum jubatum intermedium
foxtail barley 37
Hordeum jubatum jubatum
seaside barley 38
Hordeum marinum
Mediterranean barley 5
Hordeum marinum gussoneanum
mouse barley 39
Hordeum murinum
hare barley 2
Hordeum murinum leporinum
little barley 40
Hordeum pusillum
common barley 41
Hordeum vulgare
Columbia needlegrass
Achnatherum nelsonii nelsonii
orchardgrass
Dactylis glomerata glomerata
big bluestem 42
Andropogon gerardii
bristly dogstail grass 11
Cynosurus echinatus
Bermudagrass 43
Cynodon dactylon
littleseed ricegrass
Piptatheropsis micrantha
sand bluestem 44
Andropogon hallii
purple reedgrass
Calamagrostis purpurascens purpurascens
pinegrass 2
Calamagrostis rubescens
California oatgrass 45
Danthonia californica
ditch reedgrass
Calamagrostis scopulorum

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