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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
Baffin fescue
Festuca baffinensis
Kentucky bluegrass 1
Poa pratensis
Kentucky bluegrass
Poa pratensis alpigena
Kentucky bluegrass 2
Poa pratensis pratensis
blue wildrye 1
Elymus glaucus
blue wildrye 3
Elymus glaucus glaucus
squirreltail 1
Elymus elymoides
tall oatgrass 4
Arrhenatherum elatius
tall oatgrass
Arrhenatherum elatius elatius
annual rabbitsfoot grass 5
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 6
Elymus elymoides californicus
inland bluegrass 7
Poa nemoralis interior
western wheatgrass 8
Pascopyrum smithii
Baker's wheatgrass
Elymus bakeri
wood bluegrass 9
Poa nemoralis
fowl bluegrass 1
Poa palustris
Canada wildrye 10
Elymus canadensis
fowl mannagrass 11
Glyceria striata
squirreltail 12
Elymus elymoides brevifolius
Montana wheatgrass
Elymus albicans
red fescue 13
Festuca rubra
spreading wheatgrass
Elymus scribneri
fineleaf sheep fescue 14
Festuca filiformis
Virginia wildrye
Elymus submuticus
slender wheatgrass 15
Elymus trachycaulus
Rydberg's wildrye
Elymus vulpinus
annual canarygrass 1
Phalaris canariensis
reed canarygrass 16
Phalaris arundinacea
northern fescue
Festuca viviparoidea viviparoidea
northern fescue
Festuca viviparoidea krajinae
northern fescue 17
Festuca viviparoidea
greenleaf fescue 18
Festuca viridula
Volga fescue 19
Festuca valesiaca
bearded fescue
Festuca subulata
plains rough fescue
Festuca hallii
Rocky Mountain fescue
Festuca saximontana saximontana
Rocky Mountain fescue 20
Festuca saximontana
Richardson's fescue
Festuca rubra arctica
red fescue
Festuca rubra vallicola
bulbous canarygrass 21
Phalaris aquatica
small floating mannagrass 22
Glyceria borealis
Jepson's blue wildrye
Elymus glaucus jepsonii
red fescue
Festuca rubra rubra
annual wheatgrass 1
Eremopyrum triticeum
rough fescue
Festuca campestris
Idaho fescue 1
Festuca idahoensis
western fescue 22
Festuca occidentalis
American mannagrass
Glyceria grandis grandis
American mannagrass
Glyceria grandis
alpine fescue
Festuca brachyphylla
icegrass 23
Phippsia algida
Colorado fescue
Festuca brachyphylla coloradensis
alpine timothy 20
Phleum alpinum
thickspike wheatgrass 1
Elymus lanceolatus
thickspike wheatgrass 1
Elymus lanceolatus lanceolatus
quackgrass 1
Elymus repens
timothy 24
Phleum pratense
alpine fescue
Festuca brachyphylla brachyphylla
soft brome 1
Bromus hordeaceus hordeaceus
basin wildrye 25
Leymus cinereus
roughleaf ricegrass 26
Oryzopsis asperifolia
colonial bentgrass 27
Agrostis capillaris
oniongrass 1
Melica bulbosa
Pumpelly's brome 28
Bromus inermis pumpellianus
smooth brome 29
Bromus inermis inermis
smooth brome 30
Bromus inermis
arctic bluegrass
Poa arctica arctica
Geyer's oniongrass
Melica geyeri geyeri
plains bluegrass
Poa arida
prairie Junegrass 1
Koeleria macrantha
bulbous bluegrass 31
Poa bulbosa
Canada bluegrass 32
Poa compressa
spike fescue 20
Festuca kingii
Siberian wheatgrass
Agropyron fragile
desert wheatgrass
Agropyron desertorum
crested wheatgrass 33
Agropyron cristatum pectinatum
crested wheatgrass 34
Agropyron cristatum
Cusick's bluegrass 1
Poa cusickii
Cusick's bluegrass
Poa cusickii cusickii
Cusick's bluegrass 1
Poa cusickii epilis
Porter brome 35
Bromus porteri
arctic bluegrass 36
Poa arctica grayana
rough bentgrass 1
Agrostis scabra
drooping woodreed 1
Cinna latifolia
crested dogstail grass 37
Cynosurus cristatus
Great Basin brome
Bromus polyanthus
mountain brome 38
Bromus marginatus
earlyleaf brome 39
Bromus latiglumis
short bluegrass
Poa abbreviata
Patterson's bluegrass
Poa abbreviata pattersonii
alpine bluegrass 1
Poa alpina
annual bluegrass 40
Poa annua

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