Line Drawings of Kansas Grasses
Digital Key to Kansas Grasses

INDEX

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(Aegilops cylindrica) Jointed Goatgrass

(Agropyron cristatum) Crested Wheatgrass

(Agropyron repens) Quackgrass

(Agropyron smithii) Western Wheatgrass

(Agrostis elliottiana) Elliot Bentgrass

(Agrostis hyemalis) Winter Bentgrass

(Agrostis perennans) Autumn Bentgrass

(Agrostis stolonifera) Redtop

(Alopecurus aequalis) Shortawn Foxtail

(Alopecurus carolinianus) Carolina Foxtail

(Andropogon gerardii) Big Bluestem

(Andropogon hallii) Sand Bluestem

(Andropogon ischaemum L. var. songaricus) Old World Bluestem

(Andropogon saccharoides var. torreyanus) Silver Bluestem

(Andropogon scoparius) Little Bluestem

(Andropogon ternarius) Splitbeard Bluestem

(Andropogon virginicus) Broomsedge

(Aristida adscensionis) Sixweeks Threeawn

(Aristida basiramea) Forktip Threeawn

(Aristida dichotoma) Poverty Threeawn

(Aristida divaricata) Poverty Threeawn

(Aristida longespica) Slimspike Threeawn

(Aristida oligantha) Prairie Threeawn

(Aristida purpurascens) Arrowfeather Threeawn

(Aristida purpurea var. glauca) Purple Threeawn

(Aristida purpurea var. longiseta) Red Threeawn

(Aristida purpurea var. robusta ) Purple Threeawn

(Avena fatua) Wild Oats

(Bouteloua curtipendula) Sideoats Grama

(Bouteloua gracilis) Blue Grama

(Bouteloua hirsuta) Hairy Grama

(Bromus catharticus) Rescue Brome

(Bromus commutatus) Hairy Brome

(Bromus inermis subsp. inermis) Smooth Brome

(Bromus japonicus) Japanese Brome

(Bromus latiglumis) Fringed Brome

(Bromus mollis) Soft Brome

(Bromus pubescens) Canada Brome

(Bromus secalinus) Cheat

(Bromus tectorum) Downy Brome

(Buchloe dactyloides) Buffalograss

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(Calamagrostis canadensis) Bluejoint Reedgrass

(Calamovilfa gigantea) Big Sandreed

(Calamovilfa longifolia) Prairie Sandreed

(Cenchrus longispinus) Field Sandbur

(Chloris verticillata) Windmillgrass

(Chloris virgata) Showy Chloris

(Cinna arundinacea) Stout Woodreed

(Cynodon dactylon) Bermudagrass

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(Dactylis glomerata) Orchardgrass

(Danthonia spicata) Poverty Oatgrass

(Diarrhena americana) American Beakgrass

(Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum) Hairy Dichanthelium

(Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri) Lindheimeir Dichanthelium

(Dichanthelium acuminatum var. villosum) Hairy Dichanthelium

(Dichanthelium clandestinum) Deertongue Dichanthelium

(Dichanthelium latifolium) Wideleaf Dichanthelium

(Dichanthelium leibergii) Leiberg Dichanthelium

(Dichanthelium linearifolium) Slimleaf Dichanthelium

(Dichanthelium malacophyllum) Softleaf Dichanthelium

(Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum) Scribner Dichanthelium

(Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon) Roundseed Dichanthelium

(Dichanthelium villosum) Hairy Dichanthelium

(Dichanthelium wilcoxianum) Wilcox Dichanthelium

(Digitaria filiformis) Slender Fingergrass

(Digitaria ischaemum) Smooth Crabgrass

(Digitaria sanguinalis) Crabgrass

(Distichlis spicata var. stricta) Inland Saltgrass

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(Echinochloa crus-galli) Barnyardgrass

(Echinochloa crus-pavonis)

(Eleusine indica) Goosegrass

(Elymus canadensis) Canada Wildrye

(Elymus villosus) Hairy Wildrye

(Elymus virginicus) Virginia Wildrye

(Eragrostis barrelieri) Mediterranean Lovegrass

(Eragrostis capillaris) Lacegrass

(Eragrostis cilianensis) Stinkgrass

(Eragrostis curtipedicellata) Gummy Lovegrass

(Eragrostis frankii) Sandbar Lovegrass

(Eragrostis hypnoides) TealLovegrass

(Eragrostis intermedia) Plains Lovegrass

(Eragrostis pectinacea) Carolina Lovegrass

(Eragrostis pilosa) India Lovegrass

(Eragrostis reptans) Creeping Lovegrass

(Eragrostis secundiflora subsp. oxylepis) Red Lovegrass

(Eragrostis sessilispica) Tumble Lovegrass

(Eragrostis spectabilis) Purple Lovegrass

(Eragrostis trichodes) Sand Lovegrass

(Erianthus ravennae) Ravennagrass

(Eriochloa contracta) Cupgrass

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(Festuca arundinacea) Tall Fescue

(Festuca obtusa) Nodding Fescue

(Festuca octoflora) Sixweeks Fescue

(Festuca ovina var. rydbergii) Sheep Fescue

(Festuca paradoxa) Cluster Fescue

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(Glyceria striata) Fowl Mannagrass

(Gymnopogon ambiguus) Bearded Skeleton

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(Holchus lanatus) Velvetgrass

(Hordeum jubatum) Foxtail Barley

(Hordeum pusillum) Little Barley

(Hordeum vulgare) Barley

(Hystrix patula) Bottlebrushgrass

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(Koeleria pyramidata) Junegrass

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(Leersia oryzoides) Rice Cutgrass

(Leersia virginica) Whitegrass

(Leptochloa fascicularis) Bearded Spangletop

(Leptochloa filiformis) Red Spangletop

(Leptoloma cognatum) Fall Witchgrass

(Lolium perenne var. perenne) Perennial Ryegrass

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(Melica nitens) Threeflower Melic

(Miscanthus sinensis) Silvergrass

(Muhlenbergia arenicola) Sand Muhly

(Muhlenbergia asperifolia) Alkali Muhly

(Muhlenbergia bushii) Nodding Muhly

(Muhlenbergia capillaris) Hairawn Muhly

(Muhlenbergia cuspidata) Plains Muhly

(Muhlenbergia filiformis) Pullup Muhly

(Muhlenbergia frondosa)

(Muhlenbergia mexicana) Wirestem Muhly

(Muhlenbergia racemosa) Green Muhly

(Muhlenbergia schreberi subsp. oxylepis) Nimblewill

(Muhlenbergia sobolifera) Rock Muhly

(Muhlenbergia sylvatica) Forest Muhly

(Muhlenbergia torreyi) Ring Muhly

(Munroa squarrosa) Falsebuffalograss

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(Oryzopsis hymenoides) Indian Ricegrass

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(Panicum anceps) Beaked Panicum

(Panicum capillare) Witchgrass

(Panicum dichotomiflorum) Fall Panicum

(Panicum obtusum) Vinemesquite

(Panicum rigidulum) Redtop Panicum

(Panicum texanum) Texas Panicum

(Panicum virgatum) Switchgrass

(Paspalum floridanum) Florida Paspalum

(Paspalum fluitans) Horsetail Paspalum

(Paspalum laeve) Roundseed Paspalum

(Paspalum pubiflorum) Smoothseed Paspalum

(Paspalum setaceum) Sand Paspalum

(Phalaris arundinacea) Reed Canarygrass

(Phalaris canariensis) Canarygrass

(Phalaris caroliniina) Carolina Canarygrass

(Phleum pratense) Timothy

(Phragmites australis) Common Reed

(Poa annua) Annual Bluegrass

(Poa arachnifera) Texas Bluegrass

(Poa arida) Plains Bluegrass

(Poa chapmaniana) Chapman Bluegrass

(Poa compressa) Canada Bluegrass

(Poa pratensis) Kentucky Bluegrass

(Poa sylvestris) Woodland Bluegrass

(Polypogon monspeliensis) Rabbitfoot Polypogon

(Puccinellia nuttalliana) Nuttall Alkaligrass

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(Redfieldia flexuosa) Blowoutgrass

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(Schedonnardus paniculatus) Tumblegrass

(Sclerochloa dura) Hardgrass

(Secale cereale) Common Rye

(Setaria faberii) Giant Bristlegrass

(Setaria geniculata) Knotroot Bristlegrass

(Setaria glauca) Yellow Bristlegrass

(Setaria italica) Foxtail Millet

(Setaria verticillata) Hooked Bristlegrass

(Setaria viridis) Green Bristlegrass

(Sitanion hystrix) Squirreltail

(Sorghastrum nutans) Indiangrass

(Sorghum halpense) Johnsongrass

(Spartina gracilis) Alkali Cordgrass

(Spartina pectinata) Prairie Cordgrass

(Sphenopholis obtusata) Prairie Wedgescale

(Sporobolus airoides) Alkali Sacaton

(Sporobolus asper var. asper) Tall Dropseed

(Sporobolus asper var. clandestinus) Dropseed

(Sporobolus cryptandrus) Sand Dropseed

(Sporobolus heterolepis) Prairie Dropseed

(Sporobolus neglectus) Puffsheath Dropseed

(Sporobolus pyramidatus) Whorled Dropseed

(Sporobolus texanus) Texas Dropseed

(Sporobolus vaginiflorus) Poverty Dropseed

(Stipa comata) Needleandthread

(Stipa spartea) Porcupinegrass

(Stipa viridula) Green Needlegrass

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(Tridens flavus) Purpletop

(Tridens muticus var. elongatus) Rough Tridens

(Tridens pilosus) Hairy Tridens

(Tridens strictus) Longspike Tridens

(Triplasis purpurea) Sandgrass

(Tripsacum dactyloides) Eastern Gamagrass

(Triticum aestivum) Wheat

(Uniola latifolia) Broadleaf Uniola

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Copyright 2002. Clenton Owensby