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Type Vegetable Herb Flower Fruit Vine Shrub Tree Succulent Grass

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Speed Quick (< 45d) Medium (45–70d) Long (70d+)

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Colonial Bentgrass

Colonial Bentgrass

Agrostis capillaris

Alfalfa Dormant Vernal WL 318

Alfalfa Dormant Vernal WL 318

Medicago sativa L.

Alkali Grass

Alkali Grass

Puccinellia nuttalliana

Alpine Sedge

Alpine Sedge

Carex alpina

Alsike Clover

Alsike Clover

Trifolium hybridum

American beachgrass

American beachgrass

Ammophila breviligulata

Bluestem

Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii

Annual Bluegrass

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

Annual Rye Grass

Annual Rye Grass

Lolium multiflorum

Annual Ryegrass

Annual Ryegrass

Lolium multiflorum

Appalachian Sedge

Appalachian Sedge

Carex appalachica

Aquatic Grasses

Aquatic Grasses

Various species (e.g., Phragmites australis, Typha latifolia, Spartina alterniflora)

Aquatic Marginal Plants

Aquatic Marginal Plants

Various species (e.g., Typha, Iris, Acorus, Pontederia)

Aquatic Sedges and Rushes

Carex spp. and Juncus spp.

Architectural Grasses

Various species (Miscanthus, Panicum, Calamagrostis, Stipa, Festuca spp.)

Arctic Blue-eyed Grass

Arctic Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium arcuatum

Arctic Brome

Arctic Brome

Bromus pumpellianus

Autumn Blaze Ornamental Grass

Autumn Blaze Ornamental Grass

Panicum virgatum 'Autumn Blaze'

Badger Bromegrass

Badger Bromegrass

Bromus inermis 'Badger'

Baltic Rush

Baltic Rush

Juncus balticus

Orchardgrass 'Baridana'

Orchardgrass 'Baridana'

Dactylis glomerata 'Baridana'

Barley Grass

Barley Grass

Hordeum vulgare

Baron Creeping Bentgrass

Baron Creeping Bentgrass

Agrostis stolonifera 'Baron'

Beach Grass

Beach Grass

Ammophila breviligulata

Beargrass

Beargrass

Xerophyllum tenax

Bentgrass

Bentgrass

Agrostis species

Berseem Clover

Berseem Clover

Trifolium alexandrinum

Birdsfoot Trefoil with Red Clover

Birdsfoot Trefoil with Red Clover

Lotus corniculatus L. and Trifolium pratense L.

Black Carex

Carex nigra

Blackedge Sedge

Blackedge Sedge

Carex nigra

Black Flowering Sedge

Black Flowering Sedge

Carex nigra

Bladder Sedge

Carex vesicaria

Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca

Blue Fescue Azure

Blue Fescue Azure

Festuca glauca 'Azure'

Blue Fescue Azurite

Blue Fescue Azurite

Festuca glauca 'Azurite'

Blue Fescue 'Blaufuchs'

Blue Fescue 'Blaufuchs'

Festuca glauca 'Blaufuchs'

Blue Fescue 'Elijah Blue'

Blue Fescue 'Elijah Blue'

Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'

Blue grama grass

Blue grama grass

Bouteloua gracilis

Blue Grass

Poa pratensis

Bluegrass

Bluegrass

Poa pratensis

Bluestem

Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii

Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii

Bluestem Pawnee

Bluestem Pawnee

Andropogon gerardii 'Pawnee'

Blunt Sedge

Carex obtusata

Bog moss

Bog moss

Sphagnum species

Bristly Foxtail

Setaria verticillata

Bristly Sedge

Bristly Sedge

Carex comosa

Brome Grass

Brome Grass

Bromus species

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