Selected Central Texas* Grasses
*Primarily NW Hays & Travis Counties
Several species from Bastrop and Llano Counties

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alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides)
American fiveminute grass (Tripogon spicatus)
annual bluegrass (Poa annua)
aparejograss (Muhlenbergia utilis)
bamboo muhly (Muhlenbergia dumosa)
beaked panicum (Panicum anceps Michx. )
bearded skeletongrass (Gymnopogon ambiguus)
bearded sprangletop (Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis)
bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon)
big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
blue threeawn (Aristida glauca)
browntop signalgrass (Urochloa fasciculata)
buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides)
bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus)
Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis)
canyon muhly (Muhlenbergia involuta)
Carolina canarygrass (Phalaris caroliniana)
cedar rosette grass (Dichanthelium pedicellatum)
cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum)
churchmouse threeawn (Aristida dichotoma)
coastal sandbur (Cenchrus spinifex)
common witchgrass (Panicum capillare)
curlymesquite (Hilaria belangeri)
cylinder jointtail grass (Coelorachis cylindrica)
dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum)
Durban crowsfoot grass (Dactyloctenium aegyptium)
eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides)
fall panicgrass (Panicum dichotomiflorum)
fall witchgrass (Digitaria cognata var. cognata)
fowl mannagrass (Glyceria striata)
fringeleaf paspalum (Paspalum setaceum)
gaping panicum (Steinchisma hians)
giantreed (Arundo donax)
goosegrass (Eleusine indica)
green bristlegrass (Setaria viridis)
green sprangletop (Leptochloa dubia)
gummy lovegrass (Eragrostis curtipedicellata)
hairy dropseed (Sporobolus compositus var. drummondii)
hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta)
hairy tridens (Erioneuron pilosum)
hairy woodland brome (Bromus pubescens)
hairyseed paspalum (Paspalum pubiflorum)
halls panicum (Panicum hallii)
Hillman's panicgrass (Panicum hillmanii)
hooded windmillgrass (Chloris cucullata)
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)
inland seaoats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
italian ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
Japanese brome (Bromus japonicus)
Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense)
jungle rice (Echinochloa colona)
king ranch bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica)
kleingrass (Panicum coloratum)
knotroot bristlegrass (Setaria parviflora)
lindheimer muhly (Muhlenbergia lindheimeri)
little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
little quakinggrass (Briza minor)
Mediterranean brome (Bromus lanceolatus)
mediterranean lovegrass (Eragrostis barrelieri)
Mississippi dropseed (Sporobolus compositus var. macer)
mucronate sprangeltop (Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata)
muhly (Muhlenbergia species)
nimblewill muhly (Muhlenbergia schreberi)
oats (Avena sativa)
oldfield threeawn (Aristida oligantha)
Ozarkgrass (Limnodea arkansana)
pinewoods fingergrass (Eustachys petraea)
plains lovegrass (Eragrostis intermedia)
poverty dropseed (Sporobolus vaginiflorus)
purple threeawn (Aristida purpurea)
purpletop (Tridens flavus)
Ravenel's rosette grass (Dichanthelium ravenelii)
red grama (Bouteloua trifida)
red lovegrass (Eragrostis secundiflora)
red threeawn (Aristida longispica var. geniculata)
redtop panicum (Panicum rigidulum)
Reed Fescue (Lolium arundinaceum)
rescuegrass (Bromus catharticus)
reverchon bristlegrass (Setaria reverchonii)
rice (Oryza sativa)
ripgut brome (Bromus diandrus)
rough barnyardgrass (Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya)
rough dropseed (Sporobolus clandestinus)
rustyseed paspalum (Paspalum langei)
rye brome (Bromus secalinus)
sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus)
scribner's panicum (Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum)
seep muhly (Muhlenbergia reverchonii)
showy chloris (Chloris virgata)
sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
silver bluestem (Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana)
silverfeather (Miscanthus sinensis)
sixweeks fescue (Vulpia octoflora)
slim tridens (Tridens muticus)
slimleaf panicum (Dichanthelium linearifolium)
slimspike threeawn (Aristida longispica)
southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)
southwestern bristlegrass (Setaria scheelei)
splitbeard bluestem (Andropogon ternarius)
sprawling panicum (Urochloa reptans)
St. Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secundatum)
switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
tall grama (Bouteloua hirsuta var. pectinata)
tangelhead (Heteropogon contortus)
tapered rosette grass (Dichanthelium acuminatum)
Texas bluegrass (Poa arachnifera)
Texas cupgrass (Eriochloa sericea)
Texas fescue (Festuca versuta)
Texas grama (Bouteloua rigidiseta)
Texas wintergrass (Nassella leucotricha)
threeflower melic (Melica nitens)
tridens (Tridens species)
tumblegrass (Schedonnardus paniculatus)
tumble lovegrass (Eragrostis sessilispica)
tumble windmillgrass (Chloris verticillata)
vaseygrass (Paspalum urvillei)
vine mesquite (Panicum obtusum)
Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus)
water bentgrass (Polypogon viridis)
West Indian panicgrass (Panicum diffusum)
wheat (Triticum aestivum)
white tridens (Tridens albescens)
wilman lovegrass (Eragrostis superba)
yellow foxtail (Setaria leucopila)
zoysia grass (Zoysia japonica)

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