Plant Growing Guides

Naked Barley

Hordeum vulgare var. nudum

Naked Oats

Avena sativa var. nuda

Nana Atropurpurea Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Atropurpurea'

Narrow Leaf Plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Narrowleaf Cattail

Typha angustifolia

Narrow-leaved Cattail

Typha angustifolia

Native Alpine Clover Species

Trifolium spp. (alpine varieties)

Native Bunchgrasses

Various species (Andropogon, Bouteloua, Panicum, Sorghastrum, Stipa, etc.)

Native Cattail

Typha latifolia

Native Cover Crops

Various native species (region-dependent)

Native Desert Grasses

Various species (e.g., Bouteloua gracilis, Hilaria jamesii, Sporobolus airoides)

Native Ginger

Asarum canadense

Lomandra (Mat Rush)

Lomandra longifolia

Uki (Northern Sea Oats)

Chasmanthium latifolium

Native Hawaiian Coastal Grasses

Multiple species including Elymus mollis, Ischaemum byrone, Sporobolus virginicus

Native Hawaiian Dryland Grasses

Multiple species (e.g., Heterachne grandiglumis, Ischaemum byrone, Leptochloa filiformis)

Native Hawaiian Ginger

Zingiber zerumbet

Native Hawaiian Grasses

Multiple species (Heterachne, Eriachne, Chrysopogon, Stipa, and others)

Native Hawaiian Grasses and Sedges

Various species (e.g., Heterachne, Ischaemum, Cyperus, Fimbristylis)

Native Hawaiian Grass Species

Multiple species (Heterachne, Ischaemum, Paspalum, Eragrostis, and others)

Native Hawaiian Medicinal Herbs

Multiple species (see varieties)

Native Hawaiian Sedges and Grasses

Various species (Carex, Cyperus, Fimbristylis, Heterachne, Ischaemum, and other genera)

Native Hawaiian 'uki'uki grass

Machaerina angustifolia

Native Mosses

Bryophyta (division)

Native Ornamental Grasses

Various species (e.g., Panicum virgatum, Andropogon gerardii, Sorghastrum nutans)

Native Prairie Plants

Various species (mixed perennial community)

Native Riparian Grasses

Multiple species (e.g., Panicum virgatum, Spartina pectinata, Carex nebrascensis)

Native Salt Marsh Plants

Various species (Spartina alterniflora, Juncus maritimus, Salicornia virginica, etc.)

Native Sand-Adapted Grasses

Various species (e.g., Ammophila breviligulata, Panicum virgatum, Bouteloua dactyloides)

Native Sedges and Woodland Grasses

Carex spp., Calamagrostis spp., Festuca spp., and other native genera

Native Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Native Tropical Sedges

Carex spp., Cyperus spp., and other tropical Cyperaceae

Native Understory Ferns

Pteridophyta (various genera including Polystichum, Adiantum, Osmunda, Dryopteris)

Native Warm-Season Grasses

Various species (Andropogon, Panicum, Sorghastrum, Bouteloua genera)

Native Warm-Season Grasses (Bluestem, Switchgrass)

Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)

Native Wetland Grasses

Multiple species (e.g., Spartina, Panicum, Typha, Juncus, Carex spp.)

Native Wetland Sedges

Carex spp.

Navara Rice

Oryza sativa subsp. indica var. navara

Needle-and-thread grass

Hesperostipa comata

Needle Rush

Juncus acutus

Needlerush

Juncus roemerianus

Nēnē Grass

Pseudelymus magnnusii

Nephrolepis fern

Nephrolepis exaltata

New Mexico Feathergrass

Hesperostipa neomexicana

Nigella

Nigella sativa

Nigerian Ginger

Zingiber officinale

Black Cumin

Nigella sativa

Black Cumin

Nigella sativa