Poaceae — Grass Family · 743 Species

Dichanthelium aciculare (Desv.) Gould & C.A.Clark

Dichanthelium aciculare is a perennial grass that grows in sandy habitats across the southeastern US, Mexico, the West Indies, and northern South America.

Dichanthelium leibergii (Vasey) Freckmann

Dichanthelium leibergii, Leiberg's panicgrass, is a rare perennial grass native to central and eastern North America.

Dichanthelium ravenelii (Scribn. & Merr.) Gould

Dichanthelium ravenelii is a grass native to eastern and central North America with distinct morphological features growing in open woodland habitats.

Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould

Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon is a grass native to eastern US that grows in dry sandy sites in woods, meadows, and ditches.

Dichanthelium lanuginosum (Elliott) Gould

Dichanthelium lanuginosum is a North American rosette grass, with a heat-tolerant variety sometimes classified as a separate species.

Dichanthelium lindheimeri (Nash) Gould

Dichanthelium lindheimeri, or Lindheimer panicgrass, is a North American perennial grass in the Poaceae family.

Melinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka

Melinis nerviglumis is an ornamental grass native to Africa, western Indian Ocean islands, and Indochina grown for its purple summer flowers.

Urochloa brizantha (A.Rich.) R.D.Webster

Urochloa brizantha is a rhizomatous perennial African grass widely cultivated as nutritious, drought-tolerant livestock forage.

Urochloa fusca (Sw.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin

Urochloa fusca (browntop signalgrass) is a wild grass native to the Americas, now occurring as a weed in Australia.

Urochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf

Urochloa trichopus is a clump-forming African grass with edible seeds and use as fodder, found also in Arabia and India.

Urochloa eminii (Mez) Davidse

Urochloa eminii, commonly called Congo grass, is a perennial forage grass native to Central Africa, naturalized in humid tropics, used as ruminant pasture.

Ancistrachne uncinulata (R.Br.) S.T.Blake

Ancistrachne uncinulata, or hooked-hairy panic grass, is a Poaceae grass native to eastern Australia with conflicting accepted naming.

Panicum urvilleanum Kunth

Panicum urvilleanum is a stoloniferous perennial grass native to North American deserts, with hairy leaves and downy-coated spikelets.

Panicum flexile (Gatt.) Scribn.

Panicum flexile, or wiry panicgrass, is a delicate annual grass native to scattered areas of eastern North America.

Panicum effusum R.Br.

Panicum effusum, or hairy panic, is a drought-tolerant Australian C4 grass that can become a nuisance tumbleweed.

Panicum hemitomon Schult.

Panicum hemitomon, or maidencane, is a freshwater perennial rhizomatous grass native to southeastern North America, also found in South America.

Panicum decompositum R.Br.

Panicum decompositum R.Br., or Australian native millet, is a perennial grass with two varieties, suspected but unconfirmed toxic to livestock.

Panicum simile Domin

Two colour panic (Panicum simile Domin) is a grass species found in eastern Australia, described in 1915 by Karel Domin.

Imperata brevifolia Vasey

Imperata brevifolia is a perennial plume-seeded grass native to arid regions of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty

Chrysopogon zizanioides (vetiver) is a versatile grass cultivated widely in the tropics for erosion control and many other uses.

Chrysopogon gryllus (L.) Trin.

Chrysopogon gryllus is a perennial bunchgrass in the Poaceae family, native to Europe and tropical and temperate Asia.

Spodiopogon sibiricus Trin.

Spodiopogon sibiricus Trin. is a perennial grass in Poaceae native to parts of East Asia and Siberia with distinct erect culms.

Apluda mutica L.

Apluda is a monotypic grass genus, with its only known species Apluda mutica native across Asia and Indian/Pacific Ocean islands.

Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf

Hyparrhenia rufa is a variable perennial or annual grass with various ecological roles and human uses.

Poaceae — Grass Family

Dichanthelium aciculare (Desv.) Gould & C.A.Clark

Dichanthelium leibergii (Vasey) Freckmann

Dichanthelium ravenelii (Scribn. & Merr.) Gould

Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould