Grasses and Grasslike Species

We are confident that Granite Seed Company offers the largest selection of both field produced and native harvested reclamation grasses in the West. To meet your need for site-adapted seed, we take special care to inventory varieties that represent all areas of the Western U.S.

Scientific Name	Common name
Achnatherum hymenoides	Indian ricegrass
Achnatherum lettermanii	Letterman needlegrass
Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. dorei	Columbia needlegrass
Achnatherum speciosum	Desert needlegrass
Agropyron cristatum	Crested wheatgrass
Agropyron desertorum	Standard crested wheatgrass
Agropyron fragile	Siberian wheatgrass
Agrostis capillaris	Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis gigantea	Redtop
Agrostis scabra	Rough bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera	Creeping bentgrass
Alopecurus arundinaceus	Creeping foxtail
Alopecurus pratensis	Meadow foxtail
Andropogon gerardii	Big bluestem
Andropogon hallii	Sand bluestem
Aristida purpurea var. longiseta	Red three-awn
Aristida purpurea var. purpurea	Purple three-awn
Beckmannia syzigachne	American sloughgrass
Bolboschoenus maritimus	Alkali bulrush
Bothriochloa barbinodis	Cane beardgrass
Bothriochloa ischaemum	Old world (or Yellow) bluestem
Bouteloua aristidoides	Needle grama
Bouteloua curtipendula	Sideoats grama
Bouteloua dactyloides	Buffalograss
Bouteloua eriopoda	Black grama
Bouteloua gracilis	Blue grama
Bouteloua rothrockii	Rothrock's grama
Bromopsis biebersteinii	Meadow brome
Bromus anomalus	Nodding brome
Bromus carinatus	California brome
Bromus ciliatus	Fringed brome
Bromus inermis	Smooth brome
Bromus marginatus	Mountain brome
Bromus rubens	Red brome
Calamagrostis canadensis	Bluejoint reedgrass
Calamovilfa longifolia	Prairie sandreed
Carex aquatilis	Water sedge
Carex bebbii	Bebb's sedge
Carex lanuginosa	Woolly sedge
Carex microptera	Small-winged sedge
Carex nebrascensis	Nebraska sedge
Carex obnupta	Slough sedge
Carex praegracilis	Meadow sedge
Carex rostrata	Beaked sedge
Carex simulata	Analogue sedge
Carex stipata	Awlfruit sedge
Carex vulpinoidea	Fox sedge
Cynodon dactylon	Bermudagrass
Dactylis glomerata	Orchardgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa	Tufted hairgrass
Digitaria californica	Arizona cottontop
Distichlis spicata	Inland saltgrass
Eleocharis palustris	Creeping spikerush
Eleocharis parvula	Dwarf spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata	Beaked spikerush
Elymus canadensis	Canada wildrye
Elymus dahuricus	Dahurian wildrye
Elymus elymoides	Bottlebrush squirreltail
Elymus glaucus	Blue wildrye
Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus	Thickspike wheatgrass
Elymus lanceolatus ssp. psammophilus	Streambank wheatgrass
Elymus multisetus	Big squirreltail
Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus	Slender wheatgrass
Elymus virginicus	Virginia wildrye
Elymus wawawaiensis	Snake River wheatgrass
Elytrigia repens x Pseudoroegneria spicata	RS hybrid wheatgrass
Eragrostis curvula	Weeping lovegrass
Eragrostis intermedia	Plains lovegrass
Eragrostis lehmanniana	Lehmanns lovegrass
Eragrostis lehmanniana x E. trichophora	Coshise lovegrass
Eragrostis superba	Wilman lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes	Sand lovegrass
Festuca arizonica	Arizona fescue
Festuca arundinacea	Tall fescue
Festuca campestris	Rough fescue
Festuca idahoensis	Idaho fescue
Festuca occidentalis	Western fescue
Festuca ovina	Sheep fescue
Festuca ovina glauca	Blue fescue
Festuca pratensis	Meadow fescue
Festuca rubra	Red fescue
Festuca rubra commutata	Chewings fescue
Festuca saximontana	Rocky Mountain fescue
Festuca trachyphylla	Hard fescue
Glyceria grandis	American mannagrass
Glyceria occidentalis	Western mannagrass
Glyceria striata	Fowl mannagrass
Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata	Needle and thread
Hesperostipa neomexicana	New Mexico needlegrass
Heteropogon contortus	Tanglehead
Hilaria belangeri	Curly mesquite
Hordeum brachyantherum	Meadow barley
Hordeum jubatum	Foxtail barley
Juncus balticus	Baltic rush
Juncus effusus	Common rush
Juncus ensifolius	Swordleaf rush
Juncus tenuis	Poverty (or Path) rush
Juncus torreyi	Torrey's rush
Koeleria macrantha	Prarie junegrass
Leptochloa dubia	Green spangletop
Leymus angustus	Altai wildrye
Leymus cinereus	Great Basin wildrye
Leymus racemosus ssp. racemosus	Mammoth wildrye
Leymus salinus	Saline wildrye
Leymus triticoides	Creeping (or beardless) wildrye
Lolium perenne	Perennial ryegrass
Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum	Annual ryegrass
Muhlenbergia montana	Mountain muhly
Muhlenbergia wrightii	Spike muhly
Nassella viridula	Green needlegrass
Panicum antidotale	Blue panicgrass
Panicum coloratum	Kleingrass
Panicum obtusum	Vine mesquite
Panicum virgatum	Switchgrass
Pascopyrum smithii	Western wheatgrass
Pennisetum ciliare	Buffelgrass
Phalaris arundinacea	Reed canarygrass
Phleum alpinum	Alpine timothy
Phleum pratense	Timothy
Pleuraphis jamesii	Galleta grass
Pleuraphis rigida	Big galleta
Poa alpina	Alpine bluegrass
Poa compressa	Canada bluegrass
Poa fendleriana	Muttongrass
Poa nervosa	Wheeler bluegrass
Poa palustris	Fowl bluegrass
Poa pratensis	Kentucky bluegrass
Poa secunda ssp. ampla	Big bluegrass
Poa secunda ssp. canbyi	Canby bluegrass
Poa secunda ssp. sandbergii	Sandberg bluegrass
Poa supina	Supina bluegrass
Poa trivialis	Rough bluegrass
Psathyrostachys juncea	Russian wildrye
Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis	Beardless bluebunch wheatgrass
Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata	Bluebunch wheatgrass
Puccinellia distans	Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana	Nuttal alkaligrass
Rhynchelytrum repens	Ruby grass
Schismus barbatus	Mediterranean grass
Schizachyrium scoparium	Little bluestem
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus	Hardstem bullrush
Schoenoplectus americanus	Oleny threesquare
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani	Softstem bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus	Smallfruit bulrush
Secale montanum	Mountain rye
Setaria vulpiseta	Plains bristlegrass
Sorghastrum nutans	Indiangrass
Spartina pectinata	Prairie cordgrass
Sporobolus airoides	Alkali sacaton
Sporobolus contractus	Spike dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus	Sand dropseed
Sporobolus giganteus	Giant dropseed
Thinopyrum intermedium	Intermediate wheatgrass
Thinopyrum intermedium ssp. barbulatum	Pubescent wheatgrass
Thinopyrum ponticum	Tall wheatgrass
Triglochin maritima	Arrowgrass
Typha latifolia	Cattails
Vulpia myuros	Foxtail (or Zorro) fescue
Vulpia octoflora	Sixweeks fescue