Flora of Purola Preserve, N. Hays County, Texas by Bob Harms email-here

Poaceae / Grass Family at Purola Preserve

Color Coding for Plants that are Naturalized (red) or have been Introduced

  1. Introduced from the nearby Texas hillcountry (4 species)
  2. Introduced from east of the Texas hillcountry (2 species)
  3. Non-native naturalized species (8 species)
Andropogon gerardii — big bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus — bushy bluestem
Aristida glauca (= A. purpurea var. nealleyi — blue threeawn
Aristida purpurea — purple threeawn
Arundo donax — giantreed
Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica — King Ranch bluestem
Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana — silver bluestem
Bouteloua curtipendula — sideoats grama
Bouteloua hirsuta — hairy grama
Bouteloua pectinata — tall grama
Bouteloua rigidiseta — Texas grama
Bouteloua trifida — red grama
Bromus catharticus — rescuegrass
Bromus japonicus — Japanese brome
Bromus pubescens — hairy woodland brome
Buchloe dactyloides — buffalograss
Cenchrus spinifex — coastal sandbur
Chasmanthium latifolium — broadleaf uniola
Chloris cucullata — hooded windmillgrass
Chloris verticillata — tumble windmillgrass
Cynodon dactylon — bermudagrass
Dichanthelium acuminatum — tapered rosette grass
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum — Scribner's panicum
Dichanthelium pedicellatum — cedar rosette grass
Digitaria cognata var. cognata — fall witchgrass
Eragrostis intermedia — plains lovegrass
Erioneuron pilosum — hairy tridens
Eustachys petraea — pinewoods fingergrass
Glyceria striata — fowl mannagrass
Hilaria belangeri — curlymesquite
Limnodea arkansana — Ozarkgrass
Muhlenbergia involuta — canyon muhly
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri — Lindheimer muhly
Muhlenbergia reverchonii — seep muhly
Muhlenbergia utilis — aparejograss
Nassella leucotricha — Texas wintergrass
Panicum capillare — common witchgrass
Panicum hallii — Hall's panicum
Panicum virgatum — switchgrass
Paspalum dilatatum — dallisgrass
Paspalum pubiflorum — hairyseed paspalum
Paspalum urvillei — vaseygrass
Phalaris caroliniana — Carolina canarygrass
Poa arachnifera — Texas bluegrass
Polypogon viridis — water bentgrass
Schedonnardus paniculatus — tumblegrass
Schizachyrium scoparium — little bluestem
Setaria parviflora — knotroot bristlegrass
Setaria reverchonii — Reverchon bristlegrass
Setaria scheelei — southwestern bristlegrass
Sorghastrum nutans — Indiangrass
Sorghum halepense — Johnsongrass
Spartina spartinae — Gulf cordgrass
Sporobolus clandestinus — rough dropseed
Sporobolus compositus var. drummondii — hairy dropseed
Sporobolus vaginiflorus — poverty dropseed
Tridens albescens — white tridens
Tridens flavus — purpletop
Tridens muticus — slim tridens
Tripsacum dactyloides — eastern gamagrass
Vulpia octoflora — sixweeks fescue