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OAC Thunder Oat

OAC Thunder Oat

Avena sativa

Oak Sedge

Oak Sedge

Carex quercetorum

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Oat Grass

Avena sativa

Oat Groats Hulless

Oat Groats Hulless

Avena sativa var. nuda

Hulless Oats Marion

Hulless Oats Marion

Avena sativa var. nuda

Oat Groats Hulless Paul

Oat Groats Hulless Paul

Avena sativa

Oats

Oats

Avena sativa

Common Oats

Common Oats

Avena sativa

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Oats (Nurse Crop)

Avena sativa

Oats (Nurse Crop) Marion

Oats (Nurse Crop) Marion

Avena sativa 'Marion'

Oats and Barley

Oats and Barley

Avena sativa (Oats) / Hordeum vulgare (Barley)

Winter Cereal Rye

Winter Cereal Rye

Secale cereale

Oberkulmer Rotkorn

Oberkulmer Rotkorn

Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta

Oberkulmer Spelt

Oberkulmer Spelt

Triticum dicoccum

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Obtuse Sedge

Carex obtusata

Olney threesquare

Olney threesquare

Scirpus olneyi

Orchardgrass

Orchardgrass

Dactylis glomerata

Ornamental Grass - Feather Reed Grass

Ornamental Grass - Feather Reed Grass

Calamagrostis × acutiflora

Festuca (Hard Fescue)

Festuca (Hard Fescue)

Festuca ovina subsp. duriuscula

Ornamental Grasses (Miscanthus)

Ornamental Grasses (Miscanthus)

Miscanthus × giganteus, Miscanthus sinensis, and related species

Ornamental Grasses (Miscanthus & Panicum)

Ornamental Grasses (Miscanthus & Panicum)

Miscanthus × giganteus, Panicum virgatum

Ornamental Grasses for Dry Climates

Ornamental Grasses for Dry Climates

Various species (e.g., Bouteloua gracilis, Festuca glauca, Panicum virgatum, Stipa pinnata)

Ornamental Native Grasses

Ornamental Native Grasses

Various species (e.g., Panicum virgatum, Andropogon gerardii, Bouteloua curtipendula)

Chinese Dunce Cap

Chinese Dunce Cap

Orostachys furusei

Orzo

Orzo

Hordeum vulgare

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Barley and Triticale

Hordeum vulgare (Barley) / Triticosecale (Triticale)

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Compact Mammillaria (Pincushion Cactus)

Mammillaria spp.

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Cool-Season Grasses for Mixed Hay

Multiple species (Lolium perenne, Festuca arundinacea, Poa pratensis, Dactylis glomerata, Bromus inermis)

Drought-Tolerant Grains

Drought-Tolerant Grains

Poaceae family (various genera)

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Drought-Tolerant Warm-Season Grasses

Various species (Bouteloua, Buchloe, Panicum, Andropogon, Eragrostis genera)

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Other Eriophorum Species (Cotton Grass)

Eriophorum spp.

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Heritage Grains

Secale cereal (Rye), Hordeum vulgare (Barley)

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Forage Legumes (Alfalfa & Clover)

Medicago sativa (alfalfa) and Trifolium spp. (clover)

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Native Drought-Tolerant Grasses and Forbs

Various species (e.g., Bouteloua gracilis, Artemisia ludoviciana, Echinacea angustifolia)

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Native Warm-Season Grasses (Big Bluestem & Switchgrass)

Andropogon gerardii; Panicum virgatum

Nitrogen-Fixing Cover Crops (Mixed)

Nitrogen-Fixing Cover Crops (Mixed)

Various species (Fabaceae and other families)

Pasture Legumes (Mixed)

Pasture Legumes (Mixed)

Fabaceae family (various species)

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Small Grains (Barley & Wheat)

Hordeum vulgare (Barley), Triticum aestivum (Wheat)

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