Native Grasses

	Big Bluestem Plant Andropogon gerardii* The Monarch of the Prairie! The most widely distributed of all the prairie grasses, it was largely responsible for the formation of the famous...
	Sideoats Grama Plant Bouteloua curtipendula* The bright purple and orange flowers of this short grass make it among the most attractive of all grasses. Sideoats Grama is equally appealing when...
	Northern Sea Oats Plant Chasmanthium latifolium* Showiest of the Woodland Grasses! The gorgeous seedheads look as good in dried arrangements as they do in the garden. This woodland grass occurs in...
	Virginia Wild Rye Plant Elymus virginicus Similar to Canada Wild Rye, this graceful grass grows in full sun or moderate shade. Fast-growing, it is excellent for stabilizing wooded hillsides...
	Purple Lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilis* This showy, low growing grass makes a stunning statement in the late season landscape, turning a brilliant purplish-pink at summer’s end....
	Vanilla Sweet Grass Plant Hierochloe odorata* This grass is considered sacred and used in Native American ceremonies; braided and burned as a 'smudge' to purify body and soul. The glossy leaves...
	Bottlebrush Grass Hystrix patula* Bottlebrush Grass has seedheads that resemble a bottlebrush. It is a cool season grass that actively grows during the spring and fall when soil...
	Junegrass Koeleria macrantha* Junegrass (Koeleria macrantha) produces lustrous silver-green seedheads in early summer. The supporting foliage is an attractive green-gray...
	Switchgrass Plant Panicum virgatum* Excellent for winter wildlife, Switchgrass is the best native grass for creating dense cover for wildlife habitat. Its stiff stems stand up over...
	Little Bluestem Plant Schizachyrium scoparium* Incomparable Fall Color! The blue-green foliage provides a great backdrop for prairie flowers in summer, and then turns a striking crimson in fall. A...

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Native grasses form the foundation of the North American Prairie. Though there are many more species of prairie wildflowers, the plant community as a whole is dominated by a few robust and adaptive native grasses. These covered the greater part of the once vast Midwestern grassland.