Plant Growing Guides

Naked Barley

Hordeum vulgare var. nudum

Naked Oats

Avena sativa var. nuda

Napier grass

Pennisetum purpureum

Native Bunchgrasses

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

Native Bunchgrasses (Bluebunch Wheatgrass & Idaho Fescue)

Pseudoroegneria spicata & Festuca idahoensis

Native Coastal Grasses

Various species (e.g., Ammophila breviligulata, Panicum amarum, Spartina patens)

Native coastal grasses and sedges

Poaceae and Cyperaceae families (various species)

Native Cover Crops

Various native species (region-dependent)

Native Desert Grasses

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

Native Drought-Tolerant Grasses

Various species (e.g., Bouteloua, Panicum, Andropogon, Stipa)

Native Grass Species

Various (Poaceae family)

Native Hawaiian Beach Grass

Elymus mollis (formerly Leymus mollis)

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 Perennial Grasses

Various species (e.g., Andropogon, Panicum, Sorghastrum, Stipa)

Native prairie grasses

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

Native Prairie Plants

Various species (mixed perennial community)

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 Savanna Grasses

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

Native Tussock Grasses

Various species (e.g., Stipa, Bouteloua, Andropogon, Festuca)

Native Warm-Season Grasses

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

Navara Rice

Oryza sativa subsp. indica var. navara

Needle-and-thread

Hesperostipa comata

Needle-and-thread grass

Hesperostipa comata

Needle grass

Stipa species

Needlegrass

Stipa species (formerly Achnatherum, Leymus, Oryzopsis)

Needle spike-rush

Eleocharis acicularis

New Mexico Feathergrass

Hesperostipa neomexicana

Nipponbare Rice

Oryza sativa subsp. japonica

Nitrogen-fixing cover crops

Various species (Fabaceae family primary)

Nitrogen-fixing grasses

Various species (e.g., Lolium multiflorum, Secale cereal, Vicia villosa as cover crops)

Northern Dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis

Nostoc

Nostoc commune