Graminoids: List
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For turf grasses used to control erosive flow in swales, see Turf
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Soil Moisture 1=Dry 2=Med 3=Wet |
Partial shade tolerance | Drought Tolerance 1=Low 2=Med 3=High |
Salt Tolerance 1=Low 2=Med 3=High |
Pollution tolerance | Compaction tolerance | STEP star! | Illustration |
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| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem | 2 | 3 | 2 | Y | ☆ | 
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| Bromus latiglumis | Broad-glumed Brome | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | 
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| Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' | Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 
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| Calamagrostis canadensis | Canada Blue-joint | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2 | _Sand_Lake_Wetland_Management_District_02_(14386718725).jpg)
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| Carex atherodes | Awned Sedge | 3 | 2 | 2 | 
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| Carex bebbii | Bebb’s Sedge | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2 | Y | 
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| Carex brevior | Brevior Sedge | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | Y | .jpg)
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| Carex crinita | Fringed Sedge | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 1 | .jpg)
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| Carex grayii | Asa Gray Sedge | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 2 | 
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| Carex hystericina | Porcupine Sedge | 3 | 1 | 2 | 
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| Carex intumescens | Bladder Sedge | 3 | Y | 1 | 1 | 
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| Carex lacustris | Lake-bank Sedge | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 2 |
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| Carex lupulina | Hop Sedge | 2 | Y | 1 | 1 |
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| Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Sedge | 1 | Y | 2-3 | 2 |
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| Carex stipata | Stalk-grain Sedge | 2-3 | 1 | 2 | Y |
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| Carex vulpinoidea | Fox Sedge | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2 | Y | Y |
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| Chasmanthium latifolium | Upland Sea Oats | 2 | Y | 2 | 3 |
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| Danthonia spicata | Poverty Oatgrass | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3 | Y | ||||
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass | 1 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | ||||
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild-rye | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3 | Y | ||||
| Elymus riparius | River Wild-rye | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | |||
| Elymus virginicus var. virginicus | Virginia Wild-rye | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | |||
| Festuca spp. (see: other information) | Fescue species. | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 2-3 | Y | Y | ||
| Helictotrichon sempervirens | Blue Oat Grass | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Juncus effusus ssp. solutus | Lamp Rush | 2-3 | 1 | 3 | Y | Y | ☆ | ||
| Juncus tenuis | Path Rush | 2 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | |||
| Muhlenbergia mexicana var. mexicana | Mexican Muhly | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Panicum virgatum | Shenandoah Switchgrass | 1-3 | Y | 3 | 3 | Y | Y | ☆ | |
| Pennisetum alopecuroides 'hameln' | Fountain Grass | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | ☆ | ||||
| Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius) | Little Bluestem | 1 | 3 | 2-3 | Y | Y | ☆ | ||
| Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (Scirpus validus) | Soft-stem Bulrush | 3 | 1 | 2-3 | Y | ||||
| Scirpus atrovirens | Dark-green Bulrush | 3 | 1 | 2 | Y | ||||
| Scirpus cyperinus | Cottongrass Bulrush | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Sorghastrum nutans | Yellow Indian-grass | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 2-3 | Y | |||
| Sparganium eurycarpum | Large Bur-reed | 3 | Y | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | |||
| Sporobolus neglectus | Small Dropseed | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | Y | ||||
| Typha latifolia | Broad-leaf Cattail | 3 | 1 | 2-3 | Y |