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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 ↓

Baffin fescue
Festuca baffinensis
Kentucky bluegrass 1
Poa pratensis
Kentucky bluegrass
Poa pratensis alpigena
Kentucky bluegrass 2
Poa pratensis pratensis
tall oatgrass 3
Arrhenatherum elatius
tall oatgrass
Arrhenatherum elatius elatius
annual rabbitsfoot grass 4
Polypogon monspeliensis
smallflower fescue
Festuca minutiflora
Idaho fescue
Festuca idahoensis idahoensis
inland bluegrass 5
Poa nemoralis interior
wood bluegrass 6
Poa nemoralis
fowl bluegrass 1
Poa palustris
red fescue 7
Festuca rubra
fineleaf sheep fescue 8
Festuca filiformis
annual canarygrass 1
Phalaris canariensis
reed canarygrass 9
Phalaris arundinacea
northern fescue
Festuca viviparoidea viviparoidea
northern fescue
Festuca viviparoidea krajinae
northern fescue 10
Festuca viviparoidea
greenleaf fescue 11
Festuca viridula
Volga fescue 12
Festuca valesiaca
bearded fescue
Festuca subulata
plains rough fescue
Festuca hallii
Rocky Mountain fescue
Festuca saximontana saximontana
Rocky Mountain fescue 13
Festuca saximontana
Richardson's fescue
Festuca rubra arctica
red fescue
Festuca rubra vallicola
bulbous canarygrass 14
Phalaris aquatica
red fescue
Festuca rubra rubra
rough fescue
Festuca campestris
Idaho fescue 1
Festuca idahoensis
western fescue 15
Festuca occidentalis
alpine fescue
Festuca brachyphylla
icegrass 16
Phippsia algida
Colorado fescue
Festuca brachyphylla coloradensis
alpine timothy 13
Phleum alpinum
timothy 17
Phleum pratense
alpine fescue
Festuca brachyphylla brachyphylla
colonial bentgrass 18
Agrostis capillaris
arctic bluegrass
Poa arctica arctica
plains bluegrass
Poa arida
prairie Junegrass 1
Koeleria macrantha
bulbous bluegrass 19
Poa bulbosa
Canada bluegrass 20
Poa compressa
spike fescue 13
Festuca kingii
Cusick's bluegrass 1
Poa cusickii
Cusick's bluegrass
Poa cusickii cusickii
Cusick's bluegrass 1
Poa cusickii epilis
arctic bluegrass 21
Poa arctica grayana
rough bentgrass 1
Agrostis scabra
drooping woodreed 1
Cinna latifolia
crested dogstail grass 22
Cynosurus cristatus
short bluegrass
Poa abbreviata
Patterson's bluegrass
Poa abbreviata pattersonii
alpine bluegrass 1
Poa alpina
annual bluegrass 23
Poa annua
arctic bluegrass 21
Poa arctica
creeping bentgrass 1
Agrostis stolonifera
seashore bentgrass 24
Agrostis pallens
Oregon bentgrass 25
Agrostis oregonensis
northern bentgrass
Agrostis mertensii
Idaho bentgrass
Agrostis idahoensis
alpine bentgrass 1
Agrostis humilis
redtop 26
Agrostis gigantea
spike bentgrass 24
Agrostis exarata
mountain bentgrass 25
Agrostis variabilis
Persian ryegrass 1
Lolium persicum
Darnel ryegrass
Lolium temulentum
Italian ryegrass 1
Lolium perenne multiflorum
perennial ryegrass 27
Lolium perenne
Nuttall's alkaligrass 13
Puccinellia nuttalliana
Lemmon's alkaligrass
Puccinellia lemmonii
weeping alkaligrass
Puccinellia distans distans
weeping alkaligrass 27
Puccinellia distans
American sloughgrass 28
Beckmannia syzigachne
slender oat 29
Avena barbata
wild oat 30
Avena fatua
common oat 31
Avena sativa
spikeoat 32
Helictotrichon hookeri
muttongrass 33
Poa fendleriana longiligula
Cusick's bluegrass 13
Poa cusickii pallida
perennial ryegrass
Lolium perenne perenne
muttongrass
Poa fendleriana fendleriana
glaucous bluegrass 34
Poa glauca
glaucous bluegrass
Poa glauca glauca
timberline bluegrass 13
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
muttongrass 1
Poa fendleriana
slender hairgrass 1
Deschampsia elongata
annual hairgrass 35
Deschampsia danthonioides
tufted hairgrass 1
Deschampsia cespitosa
dense silkybent 1
Apera interrupta
sweet woodreed 36
Cinna arundinacea
alpine sweetgrass
Anthoxanthum monticola
nodding bluegrass
Poa reflexa

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