Botanical Name

Common Name

Height

Season

Andropogon gerardii

Big Bluestem

3 - 7 ft

Warm

Calamagrostis canadensis

Blue Joint Grass

3 - 5 ft

Warm

Elymus canadensis

Canada Wild Rye

3 - 5 ft

Cool

Sorghastrum nutans

Indian Grass

3 - 6 ft

Warm

Koeleria macrantha

June Grass

1 - 2 ft

Cool

Andropogon scoparius

Little Bluestem

2 - 3 ft

Warm

Stipa spartea

Porcupine Grass /
Needlegrass

2 - 4 ft

Cool

Spartina pectinata

Prairie Cordgrass

4 - 8 ft

Warm

Sporobolus heterolepis

Prairie Dropseed /
Northern Dropseed

2 - 3 ft

Warm

Sporobolus cryptandrus

Sand Dropseed

1 - 3 ft

Warm

Eragrostis trichodes

Sand Lovegrass

1 - 4 ft

Warm

Bouteloua curtipendula

Side Oats Grama

1 - 3 ft

Warm

Panicum virgatum

Switch Grass

3 - 5 ft

Warm