Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants

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• Poaceae

  • Agropyron  cristatum  (L.) Gaertner crested wheatgrass Introduced

  • Agrostis  canina  L. velvet bentgrass, brown bentgrass Introduced

  • Agrostis  capillaris  L. Rhode Island bentgrass Introduced

  • Agrostis  gigantea  Roth black bentgrass, redtop Introduced

  • Agrostis  perennans  (Walter) Tuckerman upland bentgrass, upland bent, autumn bent Native

  • Agrostis  scabra  Willd. rough bentgrass, winter bent, hairgrass, northern ticklegrass Native

  • Agrostis  stolonifera  L. marsh bentgrass, carpet bentgrass, creeping bentgrass, creeping bent, spreading bent, fiorin Introduced

  • Aira  caryophyllea  L. silvery hairgrass Introduced

  • Aira  praecox  L. strict hairgrass Introduced

  • Alopecurus  pratensis  L. meadow foxtail Introduced

  • Ammophila  breviligulata  Fern. dune grass Native

  • Andropogon  gerardii  Vitman big bluestem Native

  • Andropogon  glomeratus  (Walter) B.S.P.   = Andropogon virginicus var. abbreviatus (Hackel) Fern. & Grisc. bunched broomsedge, bushy bluestem Native

  • Andropogon  virginicus  L. broomsedge bluestem, bushy bluestem, Virginia broomsedge Native

  • Anthoxanthum  aristatum  var. aristatum Pérez-Lara   = Anthoxanthum ovatum var. aristatum Pérez-Lara   = Anthoxanthum puelii Lecoq & Lamotte awned vernalgrass, Puel's vernalgrass Introduced

  • Anthoxanthum  odoratum  L. sweet vernalgrass Invasive

  • Aristida  basiramea  Engelm. ex Vasey fork-tipped threeawn Introduced

  • Aristida  dichotoma  Michaux poverty grass Native

  • Aristida  longespica var. geniculata  (Raf.) Fern.   = Aristida intermedia Scribner & Ball barrens needlegrass Native

  • Aristida  oligantha  Michaux prairie needlegrass Introduced

  • Aristida  tuberculosa  Nutt. seebeach needlegrass Threatened

  • Arrhenatherum  elatius  (L.) J. & K.Presl tall oatgrass Introduced

  • Avena  sativa  L. cultivated oat Introduced

  • Bouteloua  curtipendula  (Michaux) Torrey sideoats grama Introduced

  • Brachyelytrum  aristosum  (Michaux) Trel.   = Brachyeletrum erectum var. septentrionale Babel   = Brachyelytrum septentrionale (Babel) G.Tucker woodgrass Native

  • Brachyelytrum  erectum  (Schreber ex Sprengel) Beauv.   = B. erectum var. glabratum (Vassey) T.Koyama & Kawano awned woodgrass, bearded shorthusk Native

  • Briza  maxima  L. big quaking grass Introduced

  • Bromus  arvensis  L. field chess Introduced

  • Bromus  commutatus  Schrader hairy chess Introduced

  • Bromus  hordeaceus  L. soft brome Introduced

  • Bromus  inermis  Leysser awnless brome, smooth brome Introduced

  • Bromus  pubescens  Muhl. ex Willd. woodland brome or Canada brome Native

  • Bromus  sterilis  L. barren brome Introduced

  • Bromus  tectorum  L. drooping brome, downy chess Introduced

  • Calamagrostis  canadensis  (Michaux) Beauv. var. canadensis Canada bluejoint, reedgrass Native

  • Calamagrostis  canadensis var. langsdorffii  (Link) Inman   = Calamagrostis langsdorffii (Link) Trin. Langsdorff's bluejoint Native

  • Calamagrostis  cinnoides  (Muhl.) W.Barton   = C. coarctata (Torrey) Eaton reed bluejoint Native

  • Calamagrostis  epigeios  (K.Koch) Ledeb. feathertop, bushgrass Invasive

  • Calamagrostis  pickeringii  A.Gray Pickering's reedgrass Endangered

  • Cenchrus  spinifex  Cav.   = C. spinifex Benth. coastal sandbur Introduced

  • Cinna  arundinacea  L. common woodreed Native

  • Dactylis  glomerata  L. orchard grass Introduced

  • Danthonia  compressa  Austin ex Peck trail oatgrass, woodland oatgrass Native

  • Danthonia  spicata  (L.) Beauv. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes wild oatgrass, poverty grass Native

  • Deschampsia  flexuosa  (L.) Trin. common hairgrass Native

  • Dichanthelium  acuminatum  (Sw.) Gould & Clark ssp. acuminatum   = Panicum auburne Ashe auburn panic grass, tapered rosette grass Watch-Listed

  • Dichanthelium  acuminatum var. fasciculatum  (Torrey) Freckmann & Lelong   = Panicum lanuginosum Ell. fascicled panic grass Native

  • Dichanthelium  acuminatum var. implicatum  (Scribn.) Freckmann & Lelong   = Panicum implicatum (Scribn.) Fern.   = Panicum meridionale Ashe pondshore panic grass Native

  • Dichanthelium  clandestinum  (L.) Gould   = Panicum clandestinum L. deertongue Native

  • Dichanthelium  columbianum  (Scribner) Freckmann & Lelong   = Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. columbianum (Scribner) Freckmann & Lelong downy panic grass Native

  • Dichanthelium  commutatum  (G.Pearson ex Ashe) Freckmann & Lelong   = Panicum commutatum J.A.Schultes   = Panicum ashei Pearson changeable panic grass Native

  • Dichanthelium  depauperatum  (Muhl.) Gould   = Panicum depauperatum Muhl. starved panic grass, slender panic grass Native

  • Dichanthelium  dichotomum  (L.) Gould ssp. dichotomum   = Panicum dichotomum L. forked panic grass Native

  • Dichanthelium  latifolium  (L.) Gould & Glark   = Panicum latifolium L. broad-leaved panic grass Native

  • Dichanthelium  linearifolium  (Scribner) Gould   = Panicum linearifolium Scribner linear-leaved panic grass Native

  • Dichanthelium  oligosanthes var. scribnerianum  (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong Scribner's panic grass Native

  • Dichanthelium  sphaerocarpon  (Ell.) Gould   = Panicum sphaerocarpon Ell. round-fruited panic grass Native

  • Dichanthelium  spretum  (J.A.Schultes) Freckmann & Lelong   = Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. spretum (J.A. Schultes) Freckm. & Lelong smooth panic grass Native

  • Dichanthelium  wrightianum  (Scribner) Freckmann   = Panicum wrightianum Scribner Wright's panic grass Special Concern

  • Digitaria  ischaemum  (Schreber) Schreber ex Muhl. smooth crabgrass Introduced

  • Digitaria  sanguinalis  (L.) Scop. large crabgrass Introduced

  • Digitaria  violascens  Link   = D. pervetus Fern. violet crabgrass Introduced

  • Distichlis  spicata  (L.) Greene saltgrass, saltmarsh spikegrass Native

  • Echinochloa  crus-galli  (L.) Beauv. barnyard grass Introduced

  • Echinochloa  frumentacea  Link   = Echinochloa crus-galli var. frumentacea (Link) W.F.Wight Japanese millet Introduced

  • Echinochloa  muricata  (Beauv.) Fern. var. muricata cockspur grass, barnyard grass Native

  • Echinochloa  muricata var. microstachya  Wieg. small-spiked cockspur Native

  • Echinochloa  walterii  (Pursh) Heller Walter's cockspur Native

  • Eleusine  indica  (L.) Gaertner goosegrass, yard grass Introduced

  • Elymus  canadensis  L. Canada wild rye Native

  • Elymus  trachycaulus ssp. glaucus  (Pease & Moore) Cody   = Agropyron trachycaulon var. glaucum (Pease & Moore) Malte slender wheatgrass Native

  • Elymus  virginicus  L. var. virginicus Virginia wild rye Native

  • Elymus  virginicus var. halophilus  (Bicknell) Wieg. saltmarsh wild rye Native

  • Elytrigia  pungens  (Vahl) Palla var. pungens   = Agropyron littorale (Host) Dur.   = Elymus pungens subsp. pycnanthus (Godr.) O.Bolòs & Vigo   = Elymus pycnanthus (Godr.) Melderis   = Thinopyrum pycnanthum (Pers.) Barkworth seabeach quackgrass Introduced

  • Elytrigia  repens  (L.) Gould   = Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv.   = Elymus repens (L.) Gould couchgrass, quackgrass Introduced

  • Eragrostis  capillaris  (L.) Nees lace lovegrass, lace grass Watch-Listed

  • Eragrostis  cilianensis  (All.) Lut. ex Janchen   = Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link stink grass, stinking lovegrass Introduced

  • Eragrostis  curvula  (Schrader) Nees weeping lovegrass Introduced

  • Eragrostis  pectinacea  (Michaux) Nees tufted lovegrass Native

  • Eragrostis  pilosa  (L.) Beauv. var. pilosa   = Eragrostis multicaulis Steudel Indian lovegrass, soft lovegrass Introduced

  • Eragrostis  spectabilis  (Pursh) Steudel purple lovegrass Native

  • Festuca  arundinacea  (Schreb.) Dumort. tall fescue, tall ryegrass Introduced

  • Festuca  filiformis  Pourret   = Festuca capillata Lam. hair fescue Invasive

  • Festuca  ovina  L. sheep fescue Introduced

  • Festuca  pratensis  (Hudson) Beauv. meadow fescue, meadow ryegrass Introduced

  • Festuca  rubra  L. red fescue Introduced

  • Festuca  trachyphylla  (Hack.) Krajina   = F. ovina var. duriuscula auct. amer. hard fescue Introduced

  • Glyceria  acutiflora  Torrey sharp-scaled mannagrass Native

  • Glyceria  canadensis  (Michaux) Trin. rattlesnake mannagrass, rattlesnake grass Native

  • Glyceria  grandis  S.Watson   = Glyceria maxima ssp. grandis (S.Watson) Hultén tall mannagrass Native

  • Glyceria  obtusa  (Muhl.) Trin. coastal mannagrass Native

  • Glyceria  septentrionalis  A.S.Hitchc. eastern floatgrass Native

  • Glyceria  striata  (Lam.) A.S.Hitchc. fowlmeadow grass, fowl mannagrass Native

  • Hierochloe  odorata  (Weber) Y.Schouten & Veldkamp ssp. nitens Indian sweetgrass, sweet grass Native

  • Holcus  lanatus  L. velvet grass Introduced

  • Hordeum  murinum ssp. leporinum  (Link) Arcangeli wild barley Introduced

  • Hordeum  vulgare  L. common barley Introduced

  • Hystrix  patula  L.   = Hystrix patula L. bottlebrush grass Native

  • Leersia  oryzoides  (L.) Sw. rice cutgrass Native

  • Leersia  virginica  Willd. white cutgrass Native

  • Lolium  multiflorum  Lam.   = Lolium perenne var. aristatum Willd. Italian ryegrass Introduced

  • Lolium  perenne  L. perennial ryegrass Introduced

  • Microstegium  vimineum  (Trin.) A.Camus   = Eulalia viminea (Trin.) Kuntze Japanese stiltgrass Invasive

  • Miscanthus  sinensis  Andersson Chinese plumegrass Introduced

  • Muhlenbergia  frondosa  (Poir.) Fern. wirestem muhly Native

  • Muhlenbergia  schreberi  J.F.Gmelin nimblewill Native

  • Muhlenbergia  sobolifera  (Muhl. ex Willd.) Trin. awnless woodland muhly Native

  • Muhlenbergia  uniflora  (Muhl.) Fern. pondshore muhly Native

  • Oryzopsis  asperifolia  Michaux spreading ricegrass Native

  • Oryzopsis  pungens  (Torrey ex Spreng.) Dorn little ricegrass Native

  • Panicum  amarum ssp. amarulum  ssp. amarulum (A.S.Hitchc. & Chase) Freckmann & Lelong bitter panic grass Introduced

  • Panicum  capillare  L. ssp. capillare   = Panicum capillare var. occidentalis Rydb. witchgrass Native

  • Panicum  dichotomiflorum  Michaux var. dichotomiflorum   = Panicum dichotomiflorum var. geniculatum (Wood) Fern. fall panic grass Native

  • Panicum  philadelphicum  Bernh. ex Trin. ssp. philadelphicum   = Panicum philadelphicum var. tuckermanii (Fern.) Steyerm. & Schmoll Philadelphia panic grass Special Concern

  • Panicum  rigidulum  Bosc ex Nees ssp. rigidulum   = Coleataenia longifolia ssp. rigidula (Bosc ex Nees) Soreng flat-stemmed panic grass Native

  • Panicum  verrucosum  Muhl. warty panic grass Native

  • Panicum  virgatum  L. switchgrass Native

  • Paspalum  setaceum  Michaux var. setaceum small-fruited beadgrass Watch-Listed

  • Paspalum  setaceum var. muhlenbergii  (Nash) D.Banks   = Paspalum ciliatifolium var. muhlenbergii (Nash) Fern. Muhlenberg's beadgrass Native

  • Paspalum  setaceum var. psammophilum  (Nash) D.Banks   = P. psammophilum Nash sand beadgrass Watch-Listed

  • Phalaris  arundinacea  L. reed canarygrass Invasive

  • Phleum  pratense  L. timothy Introduced

  • Phragmites  altissimus  (Benth.) Mabille   = Phragmites australis ssp. altissimus (Benth.) Clayton giant reed Invasive

  • Phragmites  australis  (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel ssp. australis common reed Invasive

  • Phragmites  australis ssp. americanus  Saltonstall, P.M.Peterson & Soreng North American reed Watch-Listed

  • Phragmites  sp.  reed Invasive

  • Phyllostachys  aureosulcata  McClure yellow-grooved bamboo Introduced

  • Phyllostachys  dulcis  McClure sweetshoot bamboo Introduced

  • Piptochaetium  avenaceum  (L.) Parodi   = Stipa avenacea L. black oatgrass Watch-Listed

  • Poa  annua  L. annual bluegrass Introduced

  • Poa  bulbosa  (Koel.) Arcang. bulbous bluegrass Introduced

  • Poa  chapmaniana  Scribner Chapman's bluegrass Introduced

  • Poa  compressa  L. flat-stemmed bluegrass, Canada bluegrass Introduced

  • Poa  nemoralis  L. woodland bluegrass Introduced

  • Poa  palustris  L. fowlmeadow grass Native

  • Poa  pratensis ssp. angustifolia  (L.) Arcang.   = Poa angustifolia L. June grass, narrow-leaved Kentucky bluegrass Introduced

  • Poa  trivialis  L. rough bluegrass Introduced

  • Puccinellia  maritima  (Hudson) Parl. seaside alkaligrass Native

  • Saccharum  ravennae  L.   = Erianthus ravennae (L.) P.Beauv.   = Tripidium ravennae (L.) H.Scholz Ravenna grass, elephant grass, hardy pampas grass, plume grass Introduced

  • Schizachyrium  scoparium  (Michaux) Nash var. scoparium little bluestem Native

  • Secale  cereale  L. Introduced

  • Setaria  faberi  Herrm. ex Rosen giant foxtail, nodding foxtail Introduced

  • Setaria  parviflora  (Poiret) Kerguelen bristly foxtail Special Concern

  • Setaria  pumila  (Poir.) Roemer & J.A.Schultes ssp. pumila   = Setaria glauca auct. non (L.) Beauv. yellow foxtail Introduced

  • Setaria  viridis  (L.) Beauv. green foxtail Introduced

  • Sorghastrum  nutans  (L.) Nash Indian grass Native

  • Spartina  alterniflora  Loisel saltwater cordgrass Native

  • Spartina  cynosuroides  (L.) Roth   = Sporobolus cynosuroides (L.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela big cordgrass, salt reedgrass Threatened

  • Spartina  patens  (Aiton) Muhl. salthay, saltmeadow grass, cordgrass Native

  • Spartina  pectinata  Link freshwater cordgrass, prairie cordgrass Native

  • Sporobolus  vaginiflorus  (Torrey ex A.Gray) Wood var. vaginiflorus poverty grass Native

  • Thinopyrum  pycnanthum  (Pers.) Barkworth   = Elymus pungens ssp. pycnanthus (Godr.) O.Bolos & Vigo   = Agropyron littorale Dumort. seabeach quackgrass Introduced

  • Torreyochloa  pallida  (Torrey) Church var. pallida   = Glyceria pallida (Torrey) Trin. pale mannagrass, Torrey's mannagrass Native

  • Torreyochloa  pallida var. fernaldii  (A.S.Hitchc.) Dore ex Koyama & Kawano   = Glyceria fernaldii (A.S.Hitchc.) St.John slender mannagrass, Fernald's mannagrass Native

  • Triplasis  purpurea  (Walter) Chapman purple sandgrass Native

  • Vulpia  myuros  (L.) K.C.Gmelin   = Festuca megalura Nutt. rattail annual fescue, mousetail annual fescue Introduced

  • Vulpia  octoflora var. tenella  (Willd.) Fern. six-weeks annual fescue Native

  • Zea  mays  L. corn Introduced

  • Zizania  aquatica  L. wild rice Native