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A listing of grasses that are native to Monroe County, Pennyslvania

Grasses native to Monroe County, PA

UPL	Aristida dichotoma var. dichotoma	Povertygrass	dry, open or sterile sandy soil
UPL	Carex digitalis	Sedge	common in dry woods
UPL	Eragrostis spectabilis	Purple lovegrass	Dry sandy fields
UPL	Sporobolus asper	Dropseed	Dry, sandy banks
UPL	Sporobolus vaginiflorus	Poverty grass	Dry, sandy or sterile soil including serpentine barrens
FACU-	Danthonia compressa	Northern oatgrass	Dry, rocky woods and clearings
FACU-	Elymus villosus	Wild-rye	Stream banks, moist woods and marshes
FACU-	Panicum latifolium	Panic grass	Roadsides, shores, thickets
FACU	Agrostis perennans	Autumn bent	Woods, thickets, open areas, stream banks.
FACU	Andropogon virginicus	Broom-sedge	Old fields, hillsides, waste grounds
FACU	Carex aggregata	Sedge	Moist woods, meadows, ditches
FACU	Carex cephalophora	Sedge	Dry woods, fields
FACU	Carex conoidea	Sedge	Meadows and swales
FACU	Carex cumulata	Sedge	Dry, sandy, rocky barrens, abandoned RR beds
FACU	Carex deweyana var. deweyana	Sedge	Rich rocky woods
FACU	Carex gracillima	Sedge	Meadows, dry to moist woods
FACU	Carex laxiflora	Sedge	Rich woods
FACU	Carex mesochorea	Midland sedge	Dry open wood, fields, roadsides
FACU	Carex normalis	Sedge	Open, often moist woods and meadows
FACU	Carex novae-angliae	Sedge	Wet woods and thickets
FACU	Carex polymorpha	Variable sedge	Dry woods, fields, sandy-peaty soils
FACU	Carex sparganioides	Sedge	Rich woods, thickets
FACU	Carex sprengelii	Sedge	Rich alluvial thickets, stream banks, moist limestone outcrops and grassy banks
FACU	Carex swanii	Sedge	Dry woods, thickets, fields
FACU	Chasmanthium latifolium**	Sea-oats	Stream banks, alluvial woods, rare
FACU	Elymus trachycaulus**	Slender wheatgrass	Infrequent in Poconos, other scattered sites
FACU	Festuca obtusa	Nodding fescue	Moist woods and clearings
FACU	Panicum boreale	Northern panic grass	Bogs and fens
FACU	Panicum microcarpon	Panic grass	Well drained woods
FACU	Panicum oligosanthes	Panic grass	Thickets, loamy clayey soils, esp Delaware River
FACU	Panicum sphaerocarpon	Panic grass	Dry woods, thickets, old fields
FACU	Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium	Little bluestem	Old fields, roadsides, open woods
FACU	Sorghastrum nutans	Indian-grass	Moist or dry fields, roadsides, barrens
FACU	Tridens flavus	Purpletop	Meadows, old fields, roadsides
FACU+	Elymus canadensis var. canadensis	Canada wild-rye	Alluvial shores and thickets, esp near larger rivers and tributaries
FACU+	Panicum commutatum	Panic grass	Dry woods, rocky slopes and barrens
FAC-	Andropogon gerardii	Big bluestem	Streambanks, roadsides, moist meadows
FAC-	Carex davisii	Sedge	Rich woods and stream banks
FAC-	Panicum capillare	Witchgrass	Fields, shores, roadsides
FAC-	Panicum philadelphicum	Panic grass	Open woods, fields, roadsides
FAC-	Sphenopholis obtusata var. major	Slender wedgegrass	Barrens, dry open sites
FAC	Agrostis hyemalis	Hairgrass	Dry or moist soil in woods and fields, bogs, meadows, roadsides.
FAC	Agrostis scabra	Fly-away grass	Moist or dry open soil.
FAC	Carex amphibola var. rigida	Sedge	Rich woods, bottomland forests, wet meadows
FAC	Carex blanda	Sedge	Swamps, bottoms, mesic to dry woods, lawns, roadsides, streambanks
FAC	Carex debilis var. rudgei	Sedge	Dry to wet woodlands, bog margins, meadows.
FAC	Carex tenera	Sedge	wet mesic soil, part sun to part shade
FAC	Critesion jubatum	Foxtail-barley	Dry old fields, roadsides
FAC	Eragrostis pectinacea	Carolina lovegrass	Gardens and roadsides
FAC	Muhlenbergia frondosa	Wirestem muhly	Moist upland woods and stream banks
FAC	Muhlenbergia schreberi	Dropseed	Woods, thickets, waste ground
FAC	Panicum acuminatum	Panic grass	Dry woods, slopes, clearings
FAC	Panicum dichotomum	Panic grass	Dry to open woods and meadows
FAC	Panicum gattingeri	Witchgrass	Cultivated fields, roadsides, waste ground
FAC	Panicum virgatum	Switchgrass	Sandy shores, alluvium, fields and banks
FAC	Sisyrinchium montanum var. crebrum	Blue-eyed-grass	Stream banks, woods, old fields
FAC	Sphenopholis nitida	Wedgegrass	Dry rocky woods and roadside banks
FAC+	Muhlenbergia sylvatica	Muhly	Moist woods and shaded banks
FAC+	Panicum clandestinum	Deer-tongue grass	Moist, sandy soil, woods edges, clearings
FAC+	Sisyrinchium mucronatum	Blue-eyed-grass	Stream banks, woods, old fields
FACW-	Elymus virginicus	Virginia wild-rye	Moist woods, meadows, stream banks
FACW-	Panicum dichotomiflorum	Smooth panic grass	Dry to moist open woods, meadows
FACW-	Poa alsodes	Woodland bluegrass	Cool moist woods and thickets
FACW	Bromus altissimus	Bromegrass	Rich alluvial thickets or woods
FACW	Bromus ciliatus	Fringed brome	Woods, clearings, meadows
FACW	Calamagrostis canadensis var. canadensis	Canada bluejoint	Wet meadows, bogs, swamps
FACW	Carex albolutescens	Sedge	Wet woods, swamps, bogs, sometimes in brackish water
FACW	Carex annectens	Sedge	Dry or seasonally moist fields, open woods, ditches
FACW	Carex bromoides	Sedge	Swamps and wet woods
FACW	Carex brunnescens	Sedge	Borders of bogs and acidic woods
FACW	Carex cristatella	Sedge	Wet meadows, marshes, thickets and stream banks
FACW	Carex leptonervia	Sedge	Low woods, rich woods, moist thickets.
FACW	Carex prairea*	Prairie sedge	Wet calcerous marshes and fens
FACW	Carex projecta	Sedge	Wet woods
FACW	Carex scoparia	Broom sedge	Mostly moist open ground
FACW	Carex torta	Sedge	In flowing streams
FACW	Carex x florabundum*	Wood's sedge	Moist meadows
FACW	Elymus riparius	Riverbank wild-rye	Alluvial flats, meadows, stream banks
FACW	Eragrostis frankii	Lovegrass	Moist stream banks
FACW	Leersia virginica	Cutgrass	Swamps, moist woods
FACW	Muhlenbergia glomerata	Spike muhly	Rocky hillsides, moist ground, sandy soils
FACW	Phalaris arundinacea	Reed canary-grass	Marshes, swamps
FACW	Phragmites australis	Common reed	Marshes, ditches
FACW	Poa palustris	Fowl bluegrass	Wet meadows, shores, thickets
FACW	Sisyrinchium angustifolium	Blue-eyed-grass	Damp soil in meadows, floodplains, fields, open woods
FACW+	Calamagrostis canadensis var. macouniana	Canada bluejoint	Wet meadows, bogs, swamps
FACW+	Carex atlantica ssp. atlantica	Bog sedge	bogs, swamps, wet woods
FACW+	Carex disperma*	Soft-leaved sedge	Wet woods, bogs.
FACW+	Carex granularis var. granularis	Sedge	Calcerous wet meadows, swales
FACW+	Carex granularis var. haleana	Sedge	Wet meadows, swales, wet cliffs
FACW+	Carex intumescens	Sedge	Moist woods, meadows, swampy woods, bogs.
FACW+	Echinochloa muricata	Barnyard-grass	Moist ground, alluvial shores
FACW+	Panicum rigidulum	Panic grass	Moist open sandy or peaty ground
OBL	Calamagrostis cinnoides	Reedgrass	Poaceae
OBL	Carex arctata	Sedge	dry to moist woods and clearings
OBL	Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea	Bog sedge	swamps, bogs, shores
OBL	Carex baileyi	Sedge	swamps, wet woods, frequent
OBL	Carex bebbii**	Bebb's sedge	calcareous or neutral wet meadows, moist sand flats and shores
OBL	Carex buxbaumii	Brown sedge	calcareous swamps, swales, meadows
OBL	Carex canescens var. canescens	Sedge	sphagnum bogs, wet meadows, woods, shores
OBL	Carex canescens var. disjuncta	Sedge	sphagnum bogs, wet meadows, woods, shores
OBL	Carex collinsii**	Collin's sedge	sphagnum bogs and swampy woods, rare
OBL	Carex comosa	Sedge	swamps, marshes, swales
OBL	Carex crinita var. crinita	Short hair sedge	common inmoist to wet woods, thickets, marshes, ditches and stream banks
OBL	Carex echinata	Prickly sedge	acidic wetlands on sphagnum,peat or wet sandy substrates
OBL	Carex flava*	Yellow sedge	Calcalreous wet meadows and fens
OBL	Carex folliculate*	Sedge	Bogs, swamps, wet woods
OBL	Carex gynandra	Sedge	Marshy areas and wet woods, common
OBL	Carex hystericina	Sedge	marshes, swamps and swales
OBL	Carex interior	Sedge	non-acidic sedge meadows, swales and swamps
OBL	Carex lacustris	Sedge	swamps, wet meadows, swales and shores
OBL	Carex laevivaginata	Sedge	swamps and streambanks
OBL	Carex lasiocarpa var. Americana*	Many-fruited sedge	sphagnum bogs
OBL	Carex leptalea	Sedge	sphagnum bogs, swampy woods and swales
OBL	Carex limosa	Mud sedge	sphagnum bog mats and hummocks
OBL	Carex longii	Long's sedge	wet or seasonally wet sandy soils in swamps, thickets and meadows
OBL	Carex lupulina	Sedge	swamps, wet ditches and wet woods
OBL	Carex lurida	Sedge	swamps, wet meadows and bogs
OBL	Carex oligosperma*	Few-seeded sedge	sphagnum bogs
OBL	Carex paupercula*	Bog sedge	sphagnum bogs, boggy woods
OBL	Carex pellita	Sedge	common in swamps, wet meadows and shores
OBL	Carex prasina	Sedge	wet woods, thickets and stream banks
OBL	Carex scabrata	Sedge	wet woods, streambanks and swamps
OBL	Carex schweinitzii*	Schweinitz' sedge	calcareous marshes and stream banks
OBL	Carex stricta	Tussock sedge	swamps, stream banks and wet meadows
OBL	Carex trichocarpa	Sedge	marshes and wet meadows
OBL	Carex trisperma	Sedge	bogs and wet woods
OBL	Carex vesicaria	Sedge	swamps, wet meadows, ditches, wet woods
OBL	Carex vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea	Sedge	swamps, wet ditches
OBL	Eragrostis hypnoides	Creeping lovegrass	Wet shores, mudflats
OBL	Glyceria acutiflora	Mannagrass	shallow water, muddy shores and swamps
OBL	Glyceria borealis**	Northern mannagrass	shallow water of lakes and streams
OBL	Glyceria canadensis	Rattlesnake mannagrass	moist woods, marshes, swamps, wet shores
OBL	Glyceria canadensis x grandis	Rattlesnake grass	marshes, swamps, wet woods
OBL	Glyceria grandis	American mannagrass	shallow water or wet meadows
OBL	Glyceria melicaria	Slender mannagrass	wet woods, stream banks, swamps
OBL	Glyceria obtusa	Coastal mannagrass	swamps, bogs, moist sandy peaty ground
OBL	Glyceria striata	Fowl mannagrass	wet woods, swamps, bogs
OBL	Muhlenbergia uniflora**	Fall dropseed muhly	Marshes, bogs, moist sandy roadsides
OBL	Spartina pectinata	Freshwater cordgrass	Along waterways
OBL	Sphenopholis pensylvanica	Swamp-oats	swamps, wet woods, springy meadows
OBL	Torreyochloa pallida var. fernaldii	Pale meadowgrass	Lakes and stream edges
OBL	Torreyochloa pallida var. pallida	Pale meadowgrass	swamps, marshes, ditches
NI	Brachyelytrum erectum	Brachyelytrum	Moist woods and thickets
NI	Bromus pubescens	Canada brome	Dry to moist woods and thickets
NI	Carex aestivalis	Sedge	Dry woods
NI	Carex aestivalis x gracillima	Sedge	Dry woods
NI	Carex albicans	Sedge	Dry wooded slopes
NI	Carex appalachica	Sedge	Rocky upland woods
NI	Carex argyrantha	Sedge	Dry and rocky (esp sandstone) wood and clearings
NI	Carex bicknellii**	Bicknell's sedge	Dry woods, thickets, fields and barrens
NI	Carex communis	Sedge	Dry to mesic woods and clearings
NI	Carex emmonsii	Sedge	Dry acidic woods
NI	Carex glaucodea	Sedge	Dry to moist calcareous woods
NI	Carex gracilescens	Sedge	Rich woods
NI	Carex hirsutella	Sedge	Dry fields, open woods and barrens
NI	Carex laxiculmis var. laxiculmis	Sedge	Rich dry woods
NI	Carex lucorum	Sedge	Dry, often sandy woods
NI	Carex molesta	Sedge	Dry to wet often heavy soils in fields, roadsides and open woods
NI	Carex muhlenbergii	Sedge	Dry woods, thickets, roadsides, open, sandy habitat
NI	Carex ormostachya	Spike sedge	Rocky woods and shale barrens
NI	Carex pallescens	Sedge	Moist woods and meadows
NI	Carex pensylvanica	Sedge	Open dry woods and wooded slopes
NI	Carex platyphylla	Broad-leaf sedge	Rich woods and wooded slopes
NI	Carex radiata	Sedge	Common, dry to moist woods
NI	Carex rosea	Sedge	Common, dry to moist woods
NI	Carex stipata var. stipata	Sedge	Common, dry to moist woods
NI	Carex tonsa var. tonsa	Sedge	Dry woods, hillsides and railroad banks
NI	Carex umbellata	Sedge	Dry open woods and fields
NI	Carex utriculata	Sedge	Swamps, bogs, lakeshores, OBL
NI	Carex vestita	Sedge	dry or moist sandy woods, clearings and barrens
NI	Carex virescens	Sedge	Common, dry woods and thickets
NI	Danthonia spicata	Poverty-grass	unk
NI	Deschampsia flexuosa	Common hairgrass	unk
NI	Elymus hystrix	Bottlebrush-grass	Moist rich woods
NI	Eragrostis capillaris	Lacegrass	Open woods, roadsides
NI	Muhlenbergia sobolifera	Creeping muhly	Dry rocky slopes
NI	Muhlenbergia tenuiflora	Muhly	Rocky wooded slopes, stream banks
NI	Oryzopsis asperifolia	Spreading ricegrass	unk
NI	Oryzopsis pungens**	Slender mountain ricegrass	unk
NI	Oryzopsis racemosa	Ricegrass	unk
NI	Panicum boscii	Panic grass	unk
NI	Panicum columbianum	Panic grass	Roadsides, open woods, waste ground, dry sandy soil
NI	Panicum depauperatum	Poverty panic grass	Dry open woods, roadside banks, serpentine barrens
NI	Panicum linearifolium	Panic grass	Dry banks, open woods and fields
NI	Panicum meridionale	Panic grass	Dry sandy soil, woods
NI	Panicum xanthophysum**	Slender panic grass	Dry rocky slopes or sandy open woods, mostly NE
NI	Poa saltuensis	Old-pasture bluegrass	unk

**PA endangered

*PA threatened

***PA extirpated

++Federal endangered

Source: The Pennsylvania Flora Project, Botany Department, Morris Arboretum, University of Pennsylvania.