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Little Bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium, is a common old field species in the Catskills. Green to bluish green in the summer, it turns a beautiful golden-brown color in the fall
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Catskill Native Nursery
Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
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Updated March 2007
Species
Common Name
Catskill Native?
Distribution
Available?
Big Bluestem
Yes
-
Yes
Andropogon gerardii ‘Pawnee’
Big Bluestem
Cultivar
-
Limited
Andropogon x ‘Silver Sunrise’
Bluestem Grass
No
Plains?
Yes
Andropogon glomeratus
Bushy Beard Grass
No
East Coast
Yes
Andropogon ternarius
Split Beard Bluestem
No
Eastern North America
No
Andropogon virginicus
Broom Sedge
Yes
-
Yes
Boutelou curtipendula
Sideoats Grama
No
Plains & Prairies
Yes
Boutelou curtipendula ‘Trailway’
Sideoats Grama
Cultivar
-
No
Boutelou gracilis
Blue Grama
No
Plains & Prairies
Yes
Bromus purgans
Hairy Wood Chess
Yes
-
No
Carex appalachica
Appalachian Sedge
No
Appalachians & Northeast
June
Carex bicknellii
Prairie Sedge
No
Midwest & Northeast
June
Carex emoryi
Riverbank Tussock Sedge
No
Eastern & Central No. Ame.
Yes
Carex flaccosperma
Blue Wood Sedge
Yes
-
Limited
Carex grayi
Gray's Sedge
Yes
-
Limited
Carex muskingumensis
Palm Sedge
No
Northern Midwest
Stock
Carex muskingumensis ‘Little Midge’
Palm Sedge
Cultivar
-
Limited
Carex muskingumensis ‘Oehme’
Palm Sedge
Cultivar
-
Yes
Carex pensylvanica
Pennsylvania Sedge
Yes
-
Yes
Carex plantaginea
Plantain-leafed Sedge
Yes
-
Yes
Carex platyphylla
Silver Sedge
Yes
-
Limited
Carex rosea
Rosy Sedge
Yes
-
Limited
Carex sprengelii
Long-beaked Sedge
No
Northen North America
June
Carex stricta
Tussock Sedge
Yes
-
Yes
Carex vulpinoides
Fox Sedge
Yes
-
No
Chasmanthium latifolium
River Oats
No
Southern North America
Yes
Cinna arundinacea
Sweet Woodreed
Yes
-
Limited
Diarrhena americana
Beak Grass
No
Midwest
Limited
Elymus riparius
Riverbank Wild Rye
Yes
-
Catskill
Eragrostis spectabilis
Purple Love Grass
Yes
-
No
Eragrostis trichodes
Sand Love Grass
No
Plains & Prairies
Yes
Hierochloe odorata
Sweet Grass
No
Midwest
June
Juncus effusus
Soft Rush
Yes
-
Yes
Juncus tenuis
Slender or Path Rush
Yes
-
Yes
Luzula acuminata
Little Woodrush
Yes
-
June
Luzula multiflora
Common Woodrush
Yes
-
No
Panicum virgatum ‘Cloud Nine’
Switch Grass
Cultivar
Panicum virgatum
Yes
Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’
Switch Grass
Cultivar
is native to the
Yes
Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’
Switch Grass
Cultivar
Catskills
Yes
Panicum virgatum ‘Rostrahlbusch’
Switch Grass
Cultivar
-
No
Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’
Switch Grass
Cultivar
-
Yes
Schizachyrium scoparium
Little Bluestem
Yes
-
Catskill
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’
Little Bluestem
Cultivar
-
Yes
Sorghastrum nutans
Indian Grass
No
East & Midwest
Yes
Sorghastrum nutans ‘Indian Steel’
Indian Grass
Cultivar
-
Yes
Spartina pectinata ‘Aureo-marginata’
Variegated Prairie Cordgrass
No
 
Yes
Sporobolus compositus
Tall Dropseed
Yes
-
Yes
Sporobolus heterolepis
Prairie Dropseed
No
Plains & Prairies
Yes
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