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Common Name |
Botanical Name |
Size |
Plant Character |
Color |
Exposure |
Drought Tolerant |
Water |
Comments |
| Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | 3-6 ft ornamental grass | Perennial; Bunchgrass | Blue-green stems in August; red by Sept. | Sun , part shade | High | Low | Attracts butterflies |
| Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | 3-6 ft grass | Perennial; bunchy, sod-forming | Blue-green stems; fall foliage | Sun | Yes | Low | Attracts butterflies |
| Indian Grass | Sorghastrum nutans | 3-8 ft | Perennial; bunching | Blue-green blades, plume-like golden brown seedhead; deep orange to purple fall color | Sun | Medium | Medium water | |
| Eastern Gamma | Tripsacum dactyloides | 2-3 ft; can grow 10 ft tall | Perennial. Evergreen. | Purple stigmas, orange stamens. Male and female flowers | Sun, part shade | Low | Medium to high water | |
| Side-Oats Gamma | Bouteloua curtipendula | 2-3 ft | Perennial. Bunchy, sod-forming grass. | Purplish oat-like spikelets bleach to a tan color in fall | Part shade | Medium | Medium water | Texas state grass. Cold tolerant. Attracts butterflies. |
| Dropseed | Sporobolus | 7 dropseed grasses on wildflower2.org. No idea which this is without more complete common or botanical name | ||||||
| Switch | Panicum virgatum | 3-6 ft | Perennial. Clump forming. Open lacy-sprays with small seeds Aug-Oct. | Reddish-purple seedhead. Fall color is pale yellow | Sun, part shade | Medium | Medium water | |
| Carex | Sedge family | Ornamental; | Sun, part shade | No | without a botanical name, it is impossible to pick one grass; 36 alone on www.wildflower2.org | |||
| Buffalo | Buchloe dactyloides | 2 - 10 in; can be used in the landscape as turfgrass | Perennial; warm season | Gray/green; tan in winter | Sun | Yes | Needs 12" yearly | Attracts butterflies. Butterfly larval host. |
| Lindheimer's Muhly | Muhlenberiga lindheimeri | 2-5 ft | Perennial; bunchgrass | Seedheads are silvery | Sun, part shade | High | Medium water | Cold tolerant |
| Bushy Bluestem | Andropogon glomeratus | 3-6 ft | Perennial | The sheaths surrounding the racemes take on orange-salmon color in fall | Sun | Low | High water | |
| Inland Sea-Oats | Chasmanthium latifolium | 2-4 ft | Perennial; clump-forming, large oat-like flower spikelets | Blue-green, bamboo-like leaves can turn bright yellow-gold in sunny sites in fall | Part shade | Medium | Medium water | |
| Maiden Grass 'Morning Light' | Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' | 6 ft. | Deciduous variegated grass | green with white stripe | Full Sun | Medium | Medium | Adapted |
