List of Minnesota grasses, sedges, and rushes

This is a list of graminoids (grasses, sedges, and rushes) native or introduced to the U.S. state of Minnesota, organized alphabetically by scientific name (genus and species).

A

 * Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem; native)
 * Andropogon hallii (sand bluestem; introduced from the central United States)
 * Agrostis gigantea (black bentgrass; introduced from Eurasia)
 * Agrostis hyemalis (winter bentgrass; native)
 * Agrostis scabra (rough bentgrass; native)
 * Agrostis perennans (upland bentgrass; native)
 * Agrostis stolonifera (creeping bentgrass; introduced from Eurasia)

B

 * Bouteloua curtipendula (sideoats grama; native)
 * Bouteloua dactyloides (buffalograss; native)
 * Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama; native)
 * Bouteloua hirsuta (hairy grama; native)
 * Bromus arvensis (field brome; introduced from Eurasia)
 * Bromus catharticus (rescuegrass; introduced from South America)
 * Bromus ciliatus (fringed brome; native)
 * Bromus inermis (smooth brome; introduced from Eurasia)
 * Bromus kalmii (prairie brome, Kalm's brome; native)
 * Bromus latiglumis (early-leaved brome; native)
 * Bromus pubescens (hairy woodland brome; native)
 * Bromus secalinus (rye brome; introduced from Eurasia)
 * Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass; introduced from Eurasia)

C

 * Calamagrostis canadensis (marsh reedgrass; native)
 * Calamagrostis montanensis (plains reedgrass; native)
 * Calamagrostis purpurascens (purple reedgrass; native)
 * Calamagrostis stricta (slim-stemmed reedgrass; native)
 * Calamovilfa longifolia (sand reedgrass; native)
 * Carex adusta (lesser brown sedge; native)
 * Carex albicans (white-tinged sedge; native)
 * Carex albursina (White Bear sedge; native)
 * Carex alopecoidea (foxtail sedge; native)
 * Carex annectens (yellow-fruited sedge; native)
 * Carex aquatilis (water sedge; native)
 * Carex arcta (northern cluster sedge; native)
 * Carex arctata (drooping woodland sedge; native)
 * Carex assiniboinensis (Assiniboia sedge; native)
 * Carex atherodes (wheat sedge; native)
 * Carex aurea (golden sedge; native)
 * Carex bebbii (Bebb's sedge; native)
 * Carex bicknellii (Bicknell's sedge; native)
 * Carex blanda (common woodland sedge; native)
 * Carex brevior (plains oval sedge; native)
 * Carex bromoides (brome-like sedge; native)
 * Carex brunnescens (brownish sedge; native)
 * Carex buxbaumii (Buxbaum's sedge; native)
 * Carex canescens (silvery sedge; native)
 * Carex capillaris (hair-like sedge; native)
 * Carex careyana (Carey's sedge; native)
 * Carex castanea (chestnut sedge; native)
 * Carex cephaloidea (thin-leaved sedge; native)
 * Carex cephalophora (oval-leaved sedge; native)
 * Carex chordorrhiza (creeping sedge; native)
 * Carex communis (fibrous-rooted sedge; native)
 * Carex comosa (long-haired sedge; native)
 * Carex conjuncta (soft fox sedge; native)
 * Carex conoidea (openfield sedge; native)
 * Carex crinita (fringed sedge; native)
 * Carex cristatella (crested sedge; native)
 * Carex crus-corvi (raven-footed sedge; native)
 * Carex cryptolepis (northeastern sedge; native)
 * Carex davisii (Davis's sedge; native)
 * Carex debilis (white-edged sedge; native)
 * Carex deflexa (northern sedge; native)
 * Carex deweyana (Dewey sedge; native)
 * Carex diandra (lesser panicled sedge; native)
 * Carex disperma (soft-leaved sedge; native)
 * Carex duriuscula (needle-leaved sedge; native)
 * Carex eburnea (ivory sedge; native)
 * Carex echinata (star sedge; native)
 * Carex echinodes (native)
 * Carex emoryi (Emory's sedge; native)
 * Carex exilis (coastal sedge; native)
 * Carex festucacea (fescue sedge; native)
 * Carex filifolia (thread-leaved sedge; native)
 * Carex flava (yellow sedge; native)
 * Carex foenea (straw sedge; native)
 * Carex formosa (handsome sedge; native)
 * Carex garberi (elk sedge; native)
 * Carex gracillima (graceful sedge; native)
 * Carex granularis (limestone meadow sedge; native)
 * Carex gravida (heavy sedge; native)
 * Carex grayi (common bur sedge, Gray's sedge; native)
 * Carex grisea (inflated narrow-leaved sedge; native)
 * Carex gynandra (nodding sedge; native)
 * Carex gynocrates (northern bog sedge; native)
 * Carex hallii (deer sedge; native)
 * Carex haydenii (Hayden's sedge; native)
 * Carex hirtifolia (pubescent sedge; native)
 * Carex hitchcockiana (Hitchcock's sedge; native)
 * Carex hookeriana (Hooker's sedge; native)
 * Carex houghtoniana (Houghton's sedge; native)
 * Carex hystericina (porcupine sedge; native)
 * Carex inops (long-stoloned sedge; native)
 * Carex interior (inland sedge; native)
 * Carex intumescens (greater bladder sedge; native)
 * Carex jamesii (James's sedge; native)
 * Carex ×knieskernii (native)
 * Carex lacustris (lake sedge; native)
 * Carex laeviconica (smooth-coned sedge; native)
 * Carex laevivaginata (smooth-sheathed sedge; native)
 * Carex lasiocarpa (woolly-fruited sedge; native)
 * Carex laxiculmis (spreading sedge; native)
 * Carex leptalea (bristly-stalked sedge; native)
 * Carex leptonervia (nerveless woodland sedge; native)
 * Carex limosa (mud sedge; native)
 * Carex livida (livid sedge; native)
 * Carex lucorum (Blue Ridge sedge; native)
 * Carex lupulina (hop sedge; native)
 * Carex lurida (shallow sedge; native)
 * Carex magellanica (boreal bog sedge; native)
 * Carex meadii (Mead's sedge; native)
 * Carex merritt-fernaldii (Fernald's sedge; native)
 * Carex michauxiana (Michaux's sedge; native)
 * Carex molesta (troublesome sedge; native)
 * Carex muehlenbergii (Muhlenberg's sedge; native)
 * Carex muskingumensis (palm sedge; native)
 * Carex normalis (greater straw sedge; native)
 * Carex obtusata (obtuse sedge; native)
 * Carex oligocarpa (richwoods sedge; native)
 * Carex oligosperma (few-seeded sedge; native)
 * Carex ormostachya (necklace spike sedge; native)
 * Carex pallescens (pale sedge; native)
 * Carex pauciflora (few-flowered sedge; native)
 * Carex peckii (Peck's sedge; native)
 * Carex pedunculata (long-stalked sedge; native)
 * Carex pellita (woolly sedge; native)
 * Carex pensylvanica (oak sedge, Pennsylvania sedge; native)
 * Carex plantaginea (plantain-leaved sedge; native)
 * Carex praegracilis (clustered field sedge; native)
 * Carex prairea (prairie sedge; native)
 * Carex praticola (meadow sedge; native)
 * Carex projecta (necklace sedge; native)
 * Carex pseudocyperus (cypress-like sedge; native)
 * Carex radiata (eastern star sedge; native)
 * Carex retrorsa (knot-sheathed sedge; native)
 * Carex richardsonii (Richardson's sedge; native)
 * Carex rosea (rosy sedge; native)
 * Carex rossii (Ross's sedge; native)
 * Carex rostrata (beaked sedge; native)
 * Carex sartwellii (Sartwell's sedge; native)
 * Carex saximontana (Rocky Mountain sedge; native)
 * Carex scirpoidea (northern single-spiked sedge; native)
 * Carex scoparia (broom sedge; native)
 * Carex siccata (dry-spiked sedge; native)
 * Carex sparganioides (bur-reed sedge; native)
 * Carex squarrosa (squarrose sedge; native)
 * Carex sprengelii (long-beaked sedge, Sprengel's sedge; native)
 * Carex sterilis (dioecious sedge; native)
 * Carex stipata (awl-fruited sedge; native)
 * Carex stricta (upright sedge; native)
 * Carex suberecta (prairie straw sedge; native)
 * Carex supina (weak Arctic sedge; native)
 * Carex sychnocephala (many-headed sedge; native)
 * Carex tenera (quill sedge; native)
 * Carex tetanica (rigid sedge; native)
 * Carex tonsa (shaved sedge; native)
 * Carex torreyi (Torrey's sedge; native)
 * Carex trichocarpa (hairy-fruited sedge; native)
 * Carex trisperma (three-seeded sedge; native)
 * Carex tuckermanii (Tuckerman's sedge; native)
 * Carex typhina (cattail sedge; native)
 * Carex umbellata (parasol sedge; native)
 * Carex utriculata (Northwest Territory sedge; native)
 * Carex vaginata (sheathed sedge; native)
 * Carex vesicaria (blister sedge; native)
 * Carex viridula (little green sedge; native)
 * Carex vulpinoidea (fox sedge; native)
 * Carex woodii (pretty sedge; native)
 * Carex xerantica (white-scaled sedge; native)
 * Cenchrus longispinus (sandbur; native)
 * Cinna arundinacea (stout woodreed, sweet woodreed; native)
 * Cinna latifolia (drooping woodreed; native)
 * Cladium mariscoides (smooth sawgrass; native)
 * Cyperus acuminatus (taper-tipped flatsedge; native)
 * Cyperus bipartitus (slender flatsedge; native)
 * Cyperus diandrus (umbrella flatsedge; native)
 * Cyperus erythrorhizos (red-rooted flatsedge; native)
 * Cyperus esculentus (yellow nutsedge; native)
 * Cyperus fuscus (brown flatsedge; introduced from Eurasia)
 * Cyperus houghtonii (Houghton's flatsedge; native)
 * Cyperus lupulinus (Great Plains flatsedge; native)
 * Cyperus odoratus (fragrant flatsedge; native)
 * Cyperus rotundus (nutgrass; native or introduced from Eurasia)
 * Cyperus schweinitzii (Schweinitz's flatsedge; native)
 * Cyperus squarrosus (bearded flatsedge; native)
 * Cyperus strigosus (straw-colored flatsedge; native)

D

 * Danthonia spicata (poverty oatgrass; native)
 * Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass; introduced from Eurasia)
 * Digitaria ischaemum (smooth crabgrass; introduced from Eurasia)
 * Digitaria sanguinalis (hairy crabgrass; introduced from Europe)

E

 * Elymus canadensis (Canada wild rye; native)
 * Elymus hystrix (bottlebrush grass; native)
 * Elymus repens (quackgrass; introduced from Eurasia)
 * Eragrostis cilianensis (stink grass; introduced from Europe)
 * Eragrostis spectabilis (purple lovegrass; native)

H

 * Hesperostipa comata (needle-and-thread grass; native)
 * Hesperostipa spartea (porcupine grass; native)
 * Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley; native)
 * Hordeum pusillum (little barley; native)
 * Hordeum vulgare (barley; introduced from Eurasia)

J

 * Juncus canadensis (Canada rush; native)
 * Juncus tenuis (path rush; native)

K

 * Koeleria macrantha (junegrass; native)

L

 * Luzula acuminata (hairy woodrush; native)
 * Luzula multiflora (common woodrush; native)
 * Luzula parviflora (small-flowered woodrush; native)

M

 * Muhlenbergia asperifolia (alkali muhly, scratchgrass; native)
 * Muhlenbergia cuspidata (plains muhly, prairie satingrass; native)
 * Muhlenbergia frondosa (wire-stemmed muhly, common satingrass; native)
 * Muhlenbergia glomerata (spiked muhly, marsh muhly; native)
 * Muhlenbergia mexicana (Mexican muhly, leafy satingrass, wirestem muhly; native)
 * Muhlenbergia racemosa (marsh muhly; native)
 * Muhlenbergia richardsonis (mat muhly; native)
 * Muhlenbergia schreberi (nimblewill; native)
 * Muhlenbergia sylvatica (woodland muhly; native)
 * Muhlenbergia uniflora (bog muhly; native)

P

 * Panicum capillare (witchgrass; native)
 * Panicum dichotomiflorum (fall panicgrass; native)
 * Panicum miliaceum (proso millet; introduced from Asia)
 * Panicum philadelphicum (Philadelphia panicgrass; native)
 * Panicum virgatum (switchgrass; native)
 * Paspalum setaceum (thin paspalum; native)
 * Phalaris arundinacea (reed canarygrass; native and introduced)

S

 * Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem; native)
 * Sorghastrum nutans (indiangrass; native)
 * Spartina pectinata (prairie cordgrass; native)
 * Sporobolus compositus (tall dropseed; native)
 * Sporobolus cryptandrus (sand dropseed; native)
 * Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed; native)
 * Sporobolus neglectus (small dropseed; native)
 * Sporobolus vaginiflorus (sheathed dropseed; native)

T

 * Triplasis purpurea (sand grass; native)
 * Tripsacum dactyloides (gama grass; native)

Z

 * Zizania aquatica (wild rice; native)
 * Zizania palustris (northern wild rice; native)