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GRASSES
AND SEDGES
Listed
alphabetically by species.
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Drought |
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Container |
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Names |
Height |
Exposure |
tolerant |
Comment |
sizes |
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Achnatherum hymenoides |
12-24" |
S |
X |
attractive open
inflorescence |
10ci, 3.5" |
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Indian ricegrass |
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narrow, stiff leaves
in tight bunch |
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Calamagrostis
rubescens |
18-30" |
S, PSH |
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soft foliage with
reddish stems |
10ci, 3.5" |
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pinegrass |
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commonly carpets
eastside forest floors |
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Carex geyeri |
12" |
S, PSH |
X |
narrow leaves stay
green all summer |
40ci, 3.5" |
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elk sedge |
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clump-forming |
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Festuca ovina var.
brevifolia |
6-10" |
S |
X |
fine, dark-green
foliage in short, dense |
10ci, 3.5" |
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alpine fescue |
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clump; self sows
readily |
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Festuca idahoensis |
12-18" |
S |
X |
fine, blue-green
foliage in dense clump |
4ci, 10ci, 3.5" |
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Idaho fescue |
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Koeleria cristata |
12-24" |
S, PSH |
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fine, bluish-green
leaves in dense clump |
10ci, 3.5" |
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Junegrass |
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usually found growing
with forest trees |
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Leymus cinereus |
48-72" |
S |
X |
largest native
bunchgrass; broad |
10ci, 3.5",
1g |
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Basin wildrye |
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gray-green leaves |
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Pseudoregneria spicata |
24-36" |
S |
X |
blue-green foliage;
most widespread |
4ci, 10ci, 3.5" |
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bluebunch wheatgrass |
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bunchgrass in E.
Washington |
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Exposure |
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S |
Sun |
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PSH |
Part shade |
Native grass
seed
available for many species,
with three seed blends packaged for different
precipitation zones in the region.
We also offer
buffalograss
and
blue grama grass
seed for low water lawns.
To view the availability list of Grasses and Sedges,
click here.
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Derby
Canyon Natives