Arizona Grasses on this Site
By Common Name
Birds and many other groups of organisms have a backup
association of scientists that have
standardized each common name, so that the common name really has the uniqueness
of a scientific name. Not so with grasses, so I have chosen my favorite common name. You may of course use yours
Capitalized county abbreviations are as follows:
APA=Apache COCH=Cochise COCO=Coconino
GIL=Gila GRA=Graham GRE=Greenlee LAP=La Paz MAR= Maricopa MOH=Mohave NAV=Najajo
PIM=Pima PIN=Pinal SAN=Santa Cruz YAV=Yavapai YUM=Yuma
- A
- American Barnyardgrass.
(Echinochloa muricata) ALL COUNTIES except GRE LAP MAR MOH SAN YUM
- Annual Muhly.
Muhlenbergia minutissima ALL COUNTIES except GRA LAP MAR PIN YUM
- Arizona Cottontop.
(Digitaria californica) ALL COUNTIES except APA
- B
- Barley, Foxtail. (Hordeum jubatum)
ALL COUNTIES except GIL LAP MOH NAV YUM
- Barley, Wall. (Hordeum murinum)
ALL COUNTIES
- Barnyardgrass, American.
(Echinochloa muricata) ALL COUNTIES except GRE LAP MAR MOH SAN YUM
- Bermudagrass. (Cynodon dactylon)
ALL COUNTIES
- Big Bluestem. (Andropogon gerardii)
APA COCO GIL NAV PIN YAV
- Blue Grama. (Bouteloua gracilis) ALL COUNTIES
- Bluegrass, Wheeler's
(Poa wheeleri) COCO only
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Bluestem, Big. (Andropogon gerardii) APA COCO GIL NAV PIN YAV
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Bluestem, Cane. (Bothriochloa barbinodis) ALL COUNTIES
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Bluestem, Little. (Schizachyrium scoparium) ALL COUNTIES except MAR YUM
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Bluestem, Yellow. (Bothriochloa ischaemum) ALL COUNTIES except GRA GRE LAP YUM
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Bristlegrass, Plains. (Setaria macrostachya) ALL COUNTIES
- Brome, Fringed. (Bromus ciliatus)
ALL COUNTIES except LAP MAR PIN YUM
- Brome, Great. (Bromus diandrus)
ALL COUNTIES except GRE NAV SAN
- Brome, Japanese. (Bromus japonicus)
ALL COUNTIES except GRA LAP MAR PIN YUM
- Brome, Red.
(Bromus rubens) ALL COUNTIES except COCH GRE LAP NAV SAN
- Brome, Smooth. (Bromus inermis)
ALL COUNTIES except LAP MAR MOH PIM PIN SAN YUM
- Buffelgrass. (Cenchrus ciliaris)
ALL COUNTIES except APA GRA GRE MOH NAV
- Bulb Panicgrass. (Zuloagaea bulbosa)
ALL COUNTIES except LAP and YUM
- Bush Muhly. (Muhlenbergia porteri)
ALL COUNTIES
- C
- Cane Bluestem.
(Bothriochloa barbinodis) ALL COUNTIES
- Cheatgrass.
(Bromus tectorum) ALL COUNTIES
- Mat Sandbur.
(Cenchrus longispinus) ALL COUNTIES except PIN
- Common Reed.
(Phragmites australis) ALL COUNTIES except COCH GRE PIN SAN
- Cottontop, Arizona.
(Digitaria californica) ALL COUNTIES except APA
- Crested Wheatgrass.
(Agropyron cristatum) APA COCO GIL GRA MOH NAV YAV
- Cupgrass, Prairie.
(Eriochloa contracta) GIL MAR PIM SAN YUM
- D
- Dallis Grass
(Paspalum dilatatum) ALL COUNTIES except COCO LAP NAV PIN
- Deergrass
(Muhlenbergia rigens) ALL COUNTIES except LAP YUM
- Dropseed, Hairy.
(Blepharoneuron tricholepis) ALL COUNTIES except LAP YUM
- Dropseed, Spike.
(Sporobolus contractus) ALL COUNTIES except GRE and LAP
- F
- Feather Fingergrass.
(Chloris virgata) ALL COUNTIES
- Fescue, Sixweeks.
(Vulpia octoflora) ALL COUNTIES
- Fluffgrass.
(Dasyochloa pulchella) ALL COUNTIES
- Fountaingrass
(Cenchrus setaceus) ALL COUNTIES except APA COCO GRA GRE NAV PIN
- Foxtail Barley.
(Hordeum jubatum) ALL COUNTIES except GIL LAP MOH NAV YUM
- Foxtail, Water.
(Alopecurus geniculatus) APA COCO PIM YAV
- Fringed Brome.
(Bromus ciliatus) ALL COUNTIES except LAP MAR PIN YUM
- G
- Galleta.
(Hilaria jamesii) APA COCH COCO GIL MAR MOH NAV YAV YUM
- Goatgrass, Jointed.
(Aegilops cylindrica) APA COCH COCO GIL MAR MOH PIM YAV
- Grama, Blue.
(Bouteloua gracilis) ALL COUNTIES
- Grama, Mat.
(Bouteloua simplex) ALL COUNTIES except LAP MAR PIM PIN SAN YUM
- Grama, Needle.
(Bouteloua aristidoides) ALL COUNTIES except NAV
- Grama, Sideoats.
(Bouteloua curtipendula) ALL COUNTIES
- Green Sprangletop.
(Disakisperma dubium) ALL COUNTIES except LAP MAR MOH NAV SAN YUM
- H
- Hairy Dropseed.
(Blepharoneuron tricholepis) ALL COUNTIES except LAP YUM
- I
- Intermediate Wheatgrass.
(Thinopyrum intermedium) APA COCO GIL GRE MOH NAV PIM YAV
- J
- Japanese Brome. (Bromus japonicus)
ALL COUNTIES except GRA LAP MAR PIN YUM
- Johnson Grass.
(Sorghum halepense) ALL COUNTIES
- Jointed Goatgrass.
(Aegilops cylindrica) APA COCH COCO GIL MAR MOH PIM YAV
- Junegrass.
(Koeleria macrantha) ALL COUNTIES except LAP YUM
- L
- Little Bluestem.
(Schizachyrium scoparium) ALL COUNTIES
- Lovegrass, Mexican.
(Eragrostis mexicana) ALL COUNTIES except LAP YUM
- Lovegrass, Weeping.
(Eragrostis curvula) ALL COUNTIES except APA GRE LAP YUM
- M
- Marsh Muhly
(Muhlenbergia racimosa) APA COCO GIL MAR MOH NAV PIM
- Mat Grama.
(Bouteloua simplex) ALL COUNTIES except LAP MAR PIM PIN SAN YUM
- Mat Muhly.
(Muhlenbergia richardsonis) APA COCH COCO MOH NAV YAV
- Mat Sandbur.
(Cenchrus longispinus) ALL COUNTIES except COCH GRE PIN YUM
- Mesquite, Vine.
(Hopia obtusa) ALL COUNTIES
- Mexican Lovegrass.
(Eragrostis mexicana) ALL COUNTIES except LAP YUM
- Mountain Muhly.
(Muhlenbergia montana) APA COCH COCO GIL GRA SAN YAV
- Muhly, Annual.
Muhlenbergia minutissima ALL COUNTIES except LAP MAR YUM
- Muhly, Bush.
(Muhlenbergia porteri) ALL COUNTIES
- Muhly, Marsh.
(Muhlenbergia racimosa) APA COCO GIL MAR MOH NAV PIM
- Muhly, Mat.
(Muhlenbergia richardsonis) APA COCH COCO MOH NAV YAV
- Muhly, Mountain.
(Muhlenbergia montana) APA COCH COCO GIL GRA SAN YAV
- Muhly, Spike.
(Muhlenbergia wrightii) ALL COUNTIES except GRA LAP PIN YUM
- Muttongrass.
(Poa fendleriana) ALL COUNTIES
- N
- Needle and Thread.
(Hesperostipa comata) ALL COUNTIES except COCH GRA GRE LAP PIN YUM
- Needle Grama.
(Bouteloua aristidoides) ALL COUNTIES except NAV
- Needlegrass, New Mexican.
(Hesperostipa neomexicana) ALL COUNTIES except YUM
- New Mexican Needlegrass.
(Hesperostipa neomexicana) ALL COUNTIES except YUM
- Nineawn Pappusgrass.
(Enneapogon desvauxii) ALL COUNTIES
- O
- Oatgrass, Tall.
(Arrhenatherum elatius)
COCO
GRA NAV YAV
- Oats, Wild.
(Avena fatua) ALL COUNTIES
- Orchardgrass.
(Dactylis glomerata) ALL COUNTIES except LAP PIN SAN YUM
- P
- Pappusgrass, Nineawn.
(Enneapogon desvauxii) ALL COUNTIES
- Perennial Ryegrass.
(Lolium perenne) ALL COUNTIES except LAP
- Plains Bristlegrass.
(Setaria macrostachya) ALL COUNTIES
- Prairie Cupgrass.
(Eriochloa contracta) GIL MAR PIM SAN YUM
- Pringle's Speargrass.
(Piptochaetium pringlei) ALL COUNTIES except GRE LAP MAR MOH YUM
- Purple Three-awn.
(Aristida purpurea) ALL COUNTIES
- R
- Rabbitsfoot.
(Polypogon monspeliensis) ALL COUNTIES
- Red Brome.
(Bromus rubens) ALL COUNTIES except COCH GRE LAP NAV SAN
- Red Sprangletop.
(Dinebra panicea) ALL COUNTIES except LAP MOH
- Ripgut.
(Bromus diandrus) ALL COUNTIES except GRE NAV SAN
- Rye.
(Secale cereale) COCO MAR MOH NAV YAV
- Ryegrass, Perennial.
(Lolium perenne) ALL COUNTIES except LAP
- S
- Sandbur, Mat.
(Cenchrus longispinus) ALL COUNTIES except COCH GRE PIN YUM
- Sideoats Grama.
(Bouteloua curtipendula) ALL COUNTIES
- Single Three-awn.
(Aristida schiedeana) ALL COUNTIES except LAP YUM
- Sixweeks Fescue.
(Vulpia octoflora) ALL COUNTIES
- Smooth Brome.
(Bromus inermis) ALL COUNTIES except LAP MAR MOH PIM PIN SAN YUM
- Speargrass, Pringle's.
(Piptochaetium pringlei) ALL COUNTIES except GRE LAP MAR MOH YUM
- Spidergrass.
(Aristida ternipes) ALL COUNTIES
- Spike Dropseed.
(Sporobolus contractus) ALL COUNTIES except GRE and LAP
- Spike Muhly.
(Muhlenbergia wrightii) ALL COUNTIES except GRA LAP PIN YUM
- Sprangletop, Green.
(Disakisperma dubium) ALL COUNTIES except LAP MAR MOH NAV SAN YUM
- Sprangletop, Red.
(Dinebra panicea) ALL COUNTIES except LAP MOH
- Squirreltail.
(Elymus elymoides) ALL COUNTIES except YUM
- Stinkgrass.
(Eragrostis cilianensis) ALL COUNTIES
- Switchgrass.
(Panicum virgatum) COCO GIL NAV PIM SAN YAV (probably more)
- T
- Tall Oatgrass.
(Arrhenatherum elatius) COCO GRA NAV YAV
- Tanglehead.
(Heteropogon contortus) ALL COUNTIES except APA
- Three-awn, Purple.
(Aristida purpurea) ALL COUNTIES
- Three-awn, Single.
(Aristida schiedeana) ALL COUNTIES except LAP YUM
- Tobosagrass.
(Hilaria mutica) ALL COUNTIES except APA NAV
- V
- Vine Mesquite.
(Hopia obtusa) ALL COUNTIES
- W
- Wall Barley
(Hordeum murinum) ALL COUNTIES
- Water Foxtail.
(Alopecurus geniculatus) APA COCO PIM YAV
- Weeping Lovegrass.
(Eragrostis curvula) ALL COUNTIES except APA GRE LAP YUM
- Wheeler's Bluegrass.
(Poa wheeleri) COCO only
- Wheatgrass, Intermediate.
(Thinopyrum intermedium) APA COCO GIL GRE MOH NAV PIM YAV
- Wild Oats.
(Avena fatua) ALL COUNTIES
- Witchgrass.
(Panicum capillare) ALL COUNTIES except SAN
- Y
- Yellow Bluestem.
(Bothriochloa ischaemum)
ALL COUNTIES except GRA GRE LAP YUM