Other plant types: Fern/Fern Ally | Groundcover | Herbaceous | Herbaceous Emergent | Shrub | Tree | Vine
| Soil Moisture: | Sunlight: | Flower Color (simplified, all shades): | ||
| W = wet | Su = full sun | B = brown | R = red | O = orange |
| M = moist | PS = part shade | W = white | P = pink | G = green |
| D = dry | Sh = full shade | Y = yellow | Pu = purple | Bl = blue |
| * denotes evergreen or semi-evergreen foliage | ||||
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Height | Color | Bloom |
| Andropogon virginicus | broomsedge |
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1-3’ | Aug-Nov | ||||
| Carex glaucodea or C. flaccosperma | blue wood sedge |
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0.5-2' | B-R | Jun-Jul | |||
| Carex pensylvanica | sedge |
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0.5-1.5’ | R-W | May-Jun | |||
| Chasmanthium latifolium | wild oats, river oats |
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2-3’ | Jul-Sep | |||||
| Elymus canadensis | Canada wild rye |
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3-4.5’ | Jun-Oct | ||||
| Elymus hystrix (Hystrix patula) | bottlebrush grass |
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3’ | |||
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia wild rye |
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1.5-5.5’ | Jun-Oct | |||
| Panicum virgatum | Virginia switchgrass |
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3-6’ | Jul-Oct | ||||
| Schizachyrium scoparium | little bluestem |
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4’ | Aug-Oct | ||||
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass |
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5-7’ | Aug-Sep | ||||
| Tripsacum dactyloides | gama grass |
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6-9’ | ||||
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Last updated: 9/4/01