Plant Growing Guides

Naked Barley

Hordeum vulgare var. nudum

Naked Oats

Avena sativa var. nuda

Nana Alba Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba'

Nanking Cherry

Prunus tomentosa

Dwarf Nanum Pomegranate

Punica granatum 'Nanum'

Nopales de Castilla

Opuntia ficus-indica

Narrowleaf Cattail

Typha angustifolia

Narrow-leaved Cattail

Typha angustifolia

Natal Plum

Carissa macrocarpa

Native Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

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)

ʻōhiʻa ʻai (Mountain Apple)

Syzygium malaccense

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 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 Ilima

Sida fallax

Native Hawaiian Naupaka

Scaevola taccada

Native Hawaiian Ohia Understory Plants

Various species (primarily Metrosideros polymorpha understory community)

Native Hawaiian Windbreak Plants

Various species (Metrosideros polymorpha, Myoporum sandwicense, Dodonaea viscosa, Erythrina sandwicensis, and others)

ʻAilama

Plumbago auriculata

Native Hawaiian Sedges and Grasses

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

Native Hawaiian 'uki'uki grass

Machaerina angustifolia

Native ʻIlima

Sida fallax

Native ʻōhelo

Vaccinium reticulatum

Native Mosses

Bryophyta (division)

Native Naupaka

Scaevola chamissoniana

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 Warm-Season Grasses

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

Native Warm-Season Grasses (Bluestem, Switchgrass)

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

Cooba/Golden Wrattle

Acacia saligna

Native Wetland Grasses

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

Native Wetland Sedges

Carex spp.

Naupaka Kahakai

Scaevola taccada

Navara Rice

Oryza sativa subsp. indica var. navara