Poaceae - Grass Family (128)    go to check list index
  Subfamily: Bambusoideae
   Tribe I: Oryzeae
     HLeersia
         L. oryzoides  (L.)Sw. - rice cut-grass
     AZizania
         Z. aquatica  L. var. angustifolia  Hitchc. - wild rice
   Tribe II: Brachyelytreae
     HBrachyelytrum
         B. erectum  (Schreb.) Beauv. var. glabratum  (Vasey) Koyama & Kawano
   Tribe IV: Stipeae
     HOryzopsis
         O. asperifolia Michx - rough-leaved rice grass
     HMilium
         M. effusum L. - millet-grass
  Subfamily: Pooideae
   Tribe V: Poeae
       Poa  - meadow grasses
         AP. annua  L. - annual spear-grass, introduced
         HP. compressaL. - Canada blue grass, wire grass, introduced
         HP. pratensis  L. - Kentucky bluegrass, introduced
         HP. nemoralis  L. - wood bluegrass, introduced
         HP. palustris  L. - fowl meadow grass
         HP. saltuensis  Fern. & Wieg.
         HP. alsodes  Gray
         HP. trivialis  L. - rough-stalked bluegrass, introduced
     HFestuca  - fescues          go to check list index
         F. rubra  L. - red fescue
         F. filiformis  Pourret. - hair fescue, introduced
         Festulolium ascendens A. et Gr. hybrid Festuca pratensisx Lolium prenne
     HTorreyochloa
         T. pallida  (Torr.) Church
     HPuccinellia  - alkali grasses
         P. maritima  (Hudson) Parl.
         P. distans  (Jacq.) Parl. - European alkali grass
         P. pumila  (Vasey) A. Hitchc.
     HDactylis
         D. glomerata  L. - orchard grass
     HLolium
         L. perenne  L. - perennial rye-grass
         L. perenne var aristatum  Willd. - Italian rye-grass
   Tribe VI: Meliceae
     HGlyceria  - manna grasses
         G. borealis  (Nash) Batchelder
         G. melicaria  (Michx..) F.T.Hubbard
         G. canadensis  (Michx..)Trin. - rattlesnake grass
         G. X laxa(Scribn.) Scribn.
         G. striata  (Lam.) A.S. Hitchc. - fowl manna-grass
         G. grandis  S. Wats. - reed manna-grass
   Tribe VII: Avenae
    Subtribe: Aveneae
     HSphenopholis   go to check list index
         S. obtusata (Michx.) Scribn. - slender wedge-grass
     HDeschampsia
         D. flexuosa  (L.) Trin. - common hair-grass
    Subtribe: Phalaridinae
     HHierochloë
         H. odorata  (L.)Beauv. - sweet grass
     HPhalaris
         P. arundinacea  L. - reed canary-grass, introduced
     HAnthoxanthum
         A. odoratum  L. introduced - sweet vernal grass
    Subtribe: Alopecurus
     HAmmophila  - marram grasses
         A. breviligulata  Fern. - beach grass or marram
     HCinna
         C. latifolia(Trev.)Griseb. - wood-reed
     HCalamagrostis
         C. canadensis  (Michx.) Beauv. - blue-joint
         C. stricta  (Timm) Koeler
     HAgrostis - bents
         A. stolonifera  L. - creeping bent-grass, introduced
         A. capillaris  L. - brown-top, bent-grass, introduced
         A. hyemalis  (Walter) BSP - tickle grass
     HPhleum   go to check list index
         P. pratense  L. introduced - timothy
     HAlopecurus  - fox-tails
         A. pratensis  L. - meadow fox-tail, introduced
         A. geniculatus  L. - water fox-tail, introduced
   Tribe VIII: Bromeae
     HBromus  - brome grasses
         B. ciliatus  L. - fringed brome grass
         B. inermis  Leysser - smooth brome grass, introduced
   Tribe IX: Triticeae
     HAgropyron
         A. cristatum  (L.) Gaertn. - crested wheat grass, introduced
     HElymus
         E. mollis  Trin. - American dune grass
         E. repens  (L.) Gould - couch-grass, quack-grass,
                                          witch-grass, introduced
     AHordeum  - barleys
         H. jubatum  L. - fox-tail barley

  Subfamily: Arundinoideae
   Tribe X: Arundineae
     HPhragmites    go to check list index
         P. australis  (Cav.) Trin. var. berlandieri  (Fourn.) Fern. - common reed
     HDanthonia
         D. spicata  (L.) Beauv. - wire-grass, poverty grass
         D. compressa  Aust.

  Subfamily: Chloridoideae
   Tribe XI: Eragrosteae
    Subtribe: Monanthochloinae
     HDistichlis
         D. spicata  (L.) Greene - spikegrass, alkali grass, seashore salt grass
    Subtribe: Eleusininae
     HMuhlenbergia
         M. uniflora  (Muhl.) Fern.
         M. glomerata  (Willd.) Trin. var. cinnoides (Link) Herman
     AEragrostis
         E. pectinacea    (Michx.) Nees - tufted love grass
    Subtribe: Sporobolinae
     ASporobolus
         S. vaginiflorus (Torr.) A. Wood. - poverty grass
         S. neglectus Nash.
   Tribe XII: Cynodonteae
    Subtribe: Chlorideae
     HSpartina  - cord-grasses    go to check list index
         S. patens  (Ait.) Muhl. - salt hay, salt-meadow grass
         S. pectinata  Link - freshwater cord grass, broad-leaf
         S. alterniflora  Loisel. - cord-grass

  Subfamily: Panicoideae
   Tribe XII: Paniceae
    Subtribe: Setariinae
     ASetaria
         S. glauca  (L.) Beauv. - yellow foxtail, introduced
     AEchinochloa
         E. crusgalli  (Link) Beauv. - barnyard grass
      Panicum
      A P. miliaceum  L. - millet
      A P. capillare  L. - witch grass
      A P. philadelphicum  Bernh.
      HP. boreale  Nash
      HP. lanuginosum  Ell. - panic-grass
    Subtribe: Digitariinae
     ADigitaria
         D. ischaemum (Schreber) Muhl. - small crab grass