Fancy grasses? We collected common grass names and pictures, with examples of lawn, ornamental and wild grasses to make visual identification easier.
Monkey grass
Liriope muscari
Paper Reed
Cyperus papyrus
Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
Blue fescue
Festuca glauca
Maiden grass
Miscanthus sinensis
Orange sedge
Carex testacea
Kidney weed
Dichondra repens
Pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana
Spiky Fescue
Festuca gautieri
New Zealand flax
Phormium tenax
New Zealand Wind Grass
Anemanthele lessoniana
Giant reed
Arundo donax
Buchanan's Sedge
Carex buchananii
pendulous sedge
Carex pendula
dwarf papyrus
Cyperus haspan
Japanese forest grass
Hakonechloa macra
Pink muhly grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Mondo grass
Ophiopogon japonicus
Autumn moor grass
Sesleria autumnalis
annual bluegrass
Poa annua
common oat
Avena sativa
switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
rough bluegrass
Poa trivialis
Pennsylvania sedge
Carex pensylvanica
little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
creeping lilyturf
Liriope spicata
prairie dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis
nutgrass
Cyperus rotundus
deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
Asian rice
Oryza sativa
tufted hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
corn
Zea mays
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
lemon grass
Cymbopogon citratus
splitawn sedge
Carex tumulicola
Bermudagrass
Cynodon dactylon
Grey Sedge
Carex divulsa
spreading rush
Juncus patens
Mexican Feather Grass
Nassella tenuissima
sideoats grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
purple lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Smooth Meadow-grass
Poa pratensis
Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Lomandra longifolia
red fescue
Festuca rubra
Common Reed
Phragmites australis
Korean lawngrass
Zoysia japonica
California fescue
Festuca californica
cogongrass
Imperata cylindrica
Tasmanian flax-lily
Dianella tasmanica
sorghum
Sorghum bicolor
upright sedge
Carex stricta
Idaho fescue
Festuca idahoensis
common wh
Triticum aestivum
common barley
Hordeum vulgare
Manila grass
Zoysia matrella
annual wildrice
Zizania aquatica
Japanese Grass Sedge
Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
spreading sedge
Carex laxiculmis
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