Graminoids: List
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| Scientific Name | Common Name | Native | 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 | Y | 2 | 3 | 2 | Y | ☆ | 
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| Bromus latiglumis | Broad-glumed Brome | Y | 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/Reedgrass | Y | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2 | _Sand_Lake_Wetland_Management_District_02_(14386718725).jpg)
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| Carex atherodes | Awned Sedge | Y | 3 | 2 | 2 | 
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| Carex bebbii | Bebb’s Sedge | Y | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2 | Y | 
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| Carex brevior | Brevior Sedge | Y | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | Y | .jpg)
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| Carex crinita | Fringed Sedge | Y | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 1 | .jpg)
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| Carex grayii | Asa Gray Sedge | Y | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 2 | 
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| Carex hystericina | Porcupine Sedge | Y | 3 | 1 | 2 | 
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| Carex intumescens | Bladder Sedge | Y | 3 | Y | 1 | 1 | 
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| Carex lacustris | Lake-bank Sedge | Y | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 2 | 
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| Carex lupulina | Hop Sedge | Y | 2 | Y | 1 | 1 | 
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| Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Sedge | Y | 1 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | 
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| Carex stipata | Stalk-grain Sedge | Y | 2-3 | 1 | 2 | Y | .jpg)
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| Carex vulpinoidea | Fox Sedge | Y | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2 | Y | Y | _in_wet_meadow_at_the_Morton_Arboretum_-_Flickr_-_Jay_Sturner_(2).jpg)
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| Chasmanthium latifolium | Upland Sea Oats | 2 | Y | 2 | 3 | 
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| Danthonia spicata | Poverty Oatgrass | Y | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3 | Y | 
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| Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass | Y | 1 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | 
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| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild-rye | Y | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3 | Y | 
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| Elymus riparius | River Wild-rye | Y | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | 
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| Elymus virginicus var. virginicus | Virginia Wild-rye | Y | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | 
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| Festuca spp. (see: other information) | Fescue species. | Y | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 2-3 | Y | Y | 
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| Helictotrichon sempervirens | Blue Oat Grass | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 
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| Juncus effusus ssp. solutus | Lamp Rush | Y | 2-3 | 1 | 3 | Y | Y | ☆ | 
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| Juncus tenuis | Path Rush | Y | 2 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | 
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| Muhlenbergia mexicana var. mexicana | Mexican Muhly | Y | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | 
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| Panicum virgatum | Shenandoah Switchgrass/Switch Panicgrass | Y | 1-3 | Y | 3 | 3 | Y | Y | ☆ | 
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| Pennisetum alopecuroides 'hameln' | Fountain Grass | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | ☆ | 
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| Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius) | Little Bluestem | Y | 1 | 3 | 2-3 | Y | Y | ☆ | 
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| Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (Scirpus validus) | Soft-stem Bulrush | Y | 3 | 1 | 2-3 | Y | 
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| Scirpus atrovirens | Dark-green Bulrush | Y | 3 | 1 | 2 | Y | 
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| Scirpus cyperinus | Cottongrass Bulrush | Y | 3 | 2 | 2 | 
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| Sorghastrum nutans | Yellow Indian-grass | Y | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 2-3 | Y | 
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| Sparganium eurycarpum | Large Bur-reed | Y | 3 | Y | 1 | 2 | _Sand_Lake_Wetland_Management_District_01_(14385334072).jpg)
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| Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass | Y | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | 
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| Sporobolus neglectus | Small Dropseed | Y | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | Y | 
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| Typha latifolia | Broad-leaf Cattail | Y | 3 | 1 | 2-3 | Y | 
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| Carex comosa | Bearded/Bristly Sedge | Y | 3 | 1 | 1 | Y | 
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