Plant Growing Guides

Naked Barley

Hordeum vulgare var. nudum

Naked Oats

Avena sativa var. nuda

Narrowleaf Cattail

Typha angustifolia

Narrow-leaved Cattail

Typha angustifolia

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)

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 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 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

Negro Pepper

Piper nigrum

Nēnē Grass

Pseudelymus magnnusii

Perennial Soybean

Neonotonia wightii

New Mexico Feathergrass

Hesperostipa neomexicana

Niagara Grape

Vitis labrusca

Nipponbare Rice

Oryza sativa subsp. japonica

Nitrogen-fixing Cover Crops (Clover)

Trifolium spp. and related nitrogen-fixing legumes

Nitrogen-fixing Cover Crops (Vetch & Clover)

Vicia sativa (Common Vetch), Trifolium repens (White Clover), Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)

Nitrogen-fixing legumes (Alfalfa & Clover)

Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) / Trifolium spp. (Clover)

Nitrogen-fixing tropical vines

Various species (primarily Fabaceae family)

Nodding Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

Cereal Cover Crops

Avena sativa (oats) / Hordeum vulgare (barley)

Northeastern Bulrush

Scirpus pendulus

Northern Reedgrass

Calamagrostis stricta