Plant Growing Guides

Sagina procumbens

Sagina procumbens

Sagina subulata

Sagina subulata

Scotch Moss, Golden Irish Moss

Sagina subulata 'Aurea'

Salt marsh grasses

Various species (e.g., Spartina alterniflora, Juncus roemerianus)

Salt Marsh Hay

Spartina patens

Sand Lovegrass

Eragrostis trichodes

Scenedesmus

Scenedesmus sp.

Green Bulrush

Scirpus atrovirens

Scotch Moss

Sagina subulata

Seagrass

Zostera marina (eelgrass) and other Seagraceae species

Sea Oats

Uniola paniculata

Seashore Paspalum Aloha

Paspalum vaginatum 'Aloha'

Sedge

Carex species

Aureola Sedge

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Sedge Bowles' Golden

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Bowles' Golden Sedge

Carex elata 'Aurea'

Sedge 'Oehme'

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Sedge Chocolate Lace

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' × related cultivars

Sedge Evergold

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Sedge Frosted Curls

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' or similar Carex cultivar

Sedge grass

Carex species

Sedges and Native Grasses

Carex spp. and various native grass genera (Panicum, Andropogon, Bouteloua, Festuca, etc.)

Sedges and Ornamental Grasses for Wet Sites

Carex spp. and various Poaceae family grasses

Sedges and Rushes

Carex spp. (sedges); Juncus spp. (rushes)

Hakonechloa (Japanese Forest Grass)

Hakonechloa macra

Shade-loving Ornamental Grasses

Various genera (Carex, Hakonechloa, Luzula, Milium, Chionochloa spp.)

Shade-loving Sedges

Carex species (various)

Shade Sedge

Carex oshimensis

Shade-tolerant Carex Grass

Carex species (various shade-tolerant cultivars)

Shade-tolerant grasses

Various species (e.g., Festuca rubra, Lolium perenne, Carex spp., Chasmanthium latifolium)

Shade-tolerant lawn grasses

Multiple species (Festuca rubra, Poa trivialis, Chasmanthium latifolium, and others)

Shade-tolerant Native Ferns

Various species (Polystichum, Osmunda, Adiantum, Dryopteris genera)

Shallow Sedge

Carex ×elata

Sheep's Fescue

Festuca ovina

Side-oats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Silversand

Dichondra argentea

Silver Stripe Miscanthus

Miscanthus × giganteus 'Silver Stripe'

Slough Sedge

Carex oxylepis

Smaller Ferns

Pteridophyta (various genera including Adiantum, Polystichum, Asplenium, Platycerium)

Snow Tussock

Chionochloa conspicua

Snow Tussock

Chionochloa pallens

Soft rush

Juncus effusus

Sphagnum Sedge

Carex sphagnicola

Spider Plant

Chlorophytum comosum

Spike Cordgrass

Distichlis spicata

Spiked Wood Sedge

Carex spicata

Spike Rush

Eleocharis acicularis

Spike Rush

Eleocharis acicularis