Poaceae
(po-AY-see-ee)
– a family in the Poales order –
Here in the St. Louis Area, we have 156 not-too-obscure plants that are in the Grass Family:
- Agrostis gigantea [Pooideae] (Redtop) [intro]
- Andropogon gerardii [Panicoideae] (Big Bluestem) [CC5]
- Andropogon virginicus [Panicoideae] (Broomsedge) [CC2]
- Aristida oligantha [Aristoideae] (Prairie Three-Awn) [CC1]
- Bouteloua curtipendula [Chloridoideae] (Side Oats Grama) [CC7]
- Bromus arvensis [Pooideae] (Field Brome) [intro]
- Bromus inermis [Pooideae] (Smooth Brome) [intro]
- Bromus latiglumis [Pooideae] (Earlyleaf Brome) [CC7]
- Bromus pubescens [Pooideae] (Hairy Woodland Brome) [CC5]
- Bromus racemosus [Pooideae] (Bald Brome) [intro]
- Bromus secalinus [Pooideae] (Rye Brome) [intro]
- Bromus tectorum [Pooideae] (Cheatgrass) [intro]
- Cenchrus longispinus [Panicoideae] (Mat Sandbur) [CC0]
- Chasmanthium latifolium [Panicoideae] (Inland Oats) [CC4]
- Cinna arundinacea [Pooideae] (Sweet Woodreed) [CC7]
- Danthonia spicata [Danthonioideae] (Poverty Oatgrass) [CC3]
- Diarrhena obovata [Pooideae] (Beak Grass) [CC6]
- Dichanthelium acuminatum [Panicoideae] (Tapered Rosette Grass) [CC]
- Dichanthelium boscii [Panicoideae] (Bosc’s Panic Grass) [CC5]
- Dichanthelium clandestinum [Panicoideae] (Deer Tongue Grass) [CC4]
- Dichanthelium latifolium [Panicoideae] (Broadleaf Rosette Grass) [CC7]
- Dichanthelium oligosanthes [Panicoideae] (Heller’s Rosette Grass) [CC4]
- Digitaria ciliaris [Panicoideae] ( Southern Crabgrass) [intro]
- Digitaria cognata [Panicoideae] ( Fall Witchgrass) [CC3]
- Digitaria filiformis [Panicoideae] ( Slender Crabgrass) [CC3]
- Digitaria ischaemum [Panicoideae] (Smooth Crabgrass) [intro]
- Digitaria sanguinalis [Panicoideae] (Hairy Crabgrass) [intro]
- Echinochloa crus-galli [Panicoideae] (Barnyard Grass) [intro]
- Echinochloa muricata [Panicoideae] (Barnyard Grass) [CC2]
- Eleusine indica [Chloridoideae] (Indian Goosegrass) [intro]
- Elymus canadensis [Pooideae] (Canada Wild Rye) [CC5]
- Elymus glabriflorus [Pooideae] (Southeastern Wildrye) [CC4]
- Elymus hystrix [Pooideae] (Bottlebrush Grass) [CC4]
- Elymus repens [Pooideae] (Quackgrass) [intro]
- Elymus villosus [Pooideae] (Hairy Wildrye) [CC4]
- Elymus virginicus [Pooideae] (Virginia Wild Rye) [CC5]
- Eragrostis spectabilis [Chloridoideae] (Purple Lovegrass) [CC3]
- Festuca arundinacea [Pooideae] (Tall Fescue) [intro]
- Hordeum jubatum [Pooideae] (Squirreltail Barley) [CC0]
- Hordeum pusillum [Pooideae] (Little Barley) [CC0]
- Koeleria macrantha [Pooideae] (June Grass) [CC6]
- Leersia oryzoides [Oryzoideae] (Rice Cutgrass) [CC3]
- Leersia virginica [Oryzoideae] (White Grass) [CC4]
- Leptochloa panicea [Chloridoideae] (Mucronate Sprangletop) [CC3]
- Microstegium vimineum [Panicoideae] (Japanese Stiltgrass) [intro]
- Muhlenbergia schreberi [Chloridoideae] (Nimblewill) [CC0]
- Muhlenbergia sobolifera [Chloridoideae] (Muhly Grass) [CC4]
- Panicum anceps [Panicoideae] (Beaked Panicgrass) [CC3]
- Panicum capillare [Panicoideae] (Witchgrass) [CC0]
- Panicum dichotomiflorum [Panicoideae] (Fall Panicum) [CC0]
- Panicum flexile [Panicoideae] (Wiry Panicgrass) [CC3]
- Panicum philadelphicum [Panicoideae] (Philadelphia Panicgrass) [CC4]
- Panicum virgatum [Panicoideae] (Switchgrass) [CC4]
- Paspalum setaceum [Panicoideae] (Thin Paspalum) [CC3]
- Phalaris arundinacea [Pooideae] (Reed Canary Grass) [intro]
- Phleum pratense [Pooideae] (Timothy) [intro]
- Poa canadensis [Pooideae] (Canada Bluegrass) [CC]
- Poa pratensis [Pooideae] (Kentucky Bluegrass) [intro]
- Schizachyrium scoparium [Panicoideae] (Little Bluestem) [CC5]
- Setaria faberi [Panicoideae] (Giant Foxtail) [intro]
- Setaria parviflora [Panicoideae] (Marsh Bristlegrass) [CC4]
- Setaria pumila [Panicoideae] (Yellow Foxtail) [intro]
- Setaria viridis [Panicoideae] (Green Foxtail) [intro]
- Sorghastrum nutans [Panicoideae] (Indiangrass) [CC4]
- Sorghum halepense [Panicoideae] (Johnsongrass) [intro]
- Spartina pectinata [Chloridoideae] (Prairie Cordgrass) [CC5]
- Sporobolus heterolepis [Chloridoideae] (Prairie Dropseed) [CC6]
- Tridens flavus [Chloridoideae] (Purpletop) [CC1]
- Tripsacum dactyloides [Panicoideae] (Gama Grass) [CC5]
[CC] = Coefficient of Conservatism