Grass Information

Wet Soils

Full Sun Partial Sun Shade
**Bristly Sedge
**Lance-fruited Oval Sedge
+Porcupine Sedge
+Common Rush
+Prairie Star Sedge
+Common Tussock Sedge
+Rattlesnake Grass
+Common Hop Sedge
++Barberpole Sedge
++Fringed Brome
++Fowl Manna Grass
++Three-square Rush
++Virginia Wild Rye
++Fringed Sedge
^Dark-green Bulrush
^Wool Grass
^Reed Manna Grass
^Blue Joint Grass
^River Bulrush 
^^^Hardstem Bulrush
^^^Prairie Cord Grass
+Prairie Star Sedge
+Common Tussock Sedge
+Rattlesnake Grass
+Common Hop Sedge
++Fringed Brome
++Fowl Manna Grass
++Three-square Rush
++Virginia Wild Rye
++Fringed Sedge
^Blue Joint Grass
^River Bulrush 
^^^Hardstem Bulrush
^^^Prairie Cord Grass
+Prairie Star Sedge
+Common Hop Sedge
++Virginia Wild Rye
++Fringed Sedge

Medium Soils

Full Sun Partial Sun Shade
*Path Rush
**Torrey's Rush
+Prairie Brome
+Brown Fox Sedge
+Bebb's Oval Sedge
+Copper-shouldered Oval Sedge
++Northern Dropseed
^Switch Grass
^Canada Wild Rye
^^Big Bluestem

 

**Long-beaked Sedge
*Path Rush
+Prairie Brome
+Brown Fox Sedge
++Northern Dropseed
++Riverbank Wild Rye
++Bottlebrush Grass
^Switch Grass
^Canada Wild Rye
^^Big Bluestem

 

*Blunt-scaled Wood Sedge
**Long-beaked Sedge
++Riverbank Wild Rye
++Bottlebrush Grass

Dry Soils

Full Sun Partial Sun Shade
*Common Oak Sedge
*Ivory Sedge
+June Grass
+Sand Dropseed
+Little Bluestem
+Side-oats Grama
++Porcupine Grass
++Indian Grass
*Common Oak Sedge
*Ivory Sedge
**Curly-styled Wood Sedge
+Little Bluestem
+Side-oats Grama
++Porcupine Grass
^Indian Grass
*Common Oak Sedge
*Ivory Sedge
**Curly-styled Wood Sedge

Height Key

* Less than one foot tall
** One to two feet tall
+ Two to three feet tall
++ Three to four feet tall
^ Four to five feet tall
^^ Five to six feet tall
^^^ Six to eight feet tall

Sunlight Key

Full Sun 70 % or more of the sunlight is reaching surface of the plant.
Part Sun 40 - 70 % of the sunlight is reaching the surface of the plant.
Shade 40 % or less of the sunlight is reaching the surface of the plant.