Grasses and Sedges of Winnebago County

This is a comprehensive guide to the grasses and trees of Winnebago County. Please contact Andrea Wallace at andrea@seversondells.org if you would like to add a species or think a change is appropriate.

All 23

Andropogon gerardi ¹
Andropogon gerardii

sideoats grama ²
Bouteloua curtipendula

Pennsylvania sedge ³
Carex pensylvanica

Smooth Crabgrass ⁴
Digitaria ischaemum

silky wild rye ⁵
Elymus villosus

Foxtail Barley ⁶
Hordeum jubatum

Hystrix patula ⁷
Elymus hystrix

Juncus sp. ⁸
Juncus

Panicum lanuginosum ⁹
Dichanthelium scabriusculum

Panicum sp. ¹⁰
Panicum

reed canary grass ¹¹
Phalaris arundinacea

Flattened Meadow-grass ¹²
Poa compressa

Swamp Meadow-grass ¹³
Poa palustris

Rhynchospora sp. ¹⁴
Rhynchospora

dark green bulrush ¹⁵
Scirpus atrovirens

Yellow Foxtail
Setaria lutescens

Sporobolus asper ¹⁶
Sporobolus compositus

Quack Grass
Elymus repens

purpletop tridens ¹⁷
Tridens flavus

Timothy ¹⁸
Phleum pratense

Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens

big bluestem ¹
Andropogon gerardii

little bluestem ¹⁹
Schizachyrium scoparium

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Grasses and Sedges of Winnebago County

Andropogon gerardi 1 Andropogon gerardii

sideoats grama 2 Bouteloua curtipendula

Pennsylvania sedge 3 Carex pensylvanica

Smooth Crabgrass 4 Digitaria ischaemum

silky wild rye 5 Elymus villosus

Foxtail Barley 6 Hordeum jubatum

Hystrix patula 7 Elymus hystrix

Juncus sp. 8 Juncus

Panicum lanuginosum 9 Dichanthelium scabriusculum

Panicum sp. 10 Panicum

reed canary grass 11 Phalaris arundinacea

Flattened Meadow-grass 12 Poa compressa

Swamp Meadow-grass 13 Poa palustris

Rhynchospora sp. 14 Rhynchospora

dark green bulrush 15 Scirpus atrovirens

Yellow Foxtail Setaria lutescens

Sporobolus asper 16 Sporobolus compositus

Quack Grass Elymus repens

purpletop tridens 17 Tridens flavus

Timothy 18 Phleum pratense

Hairy Woodland Brome Bromus pubescens

big bluestem 1 Andropogon gerardii

little bluestem 19 Schizachyrium scoparium