Plant Growing Guides

Alkali Grass

Puccinellia nuttalliana

Alpine Sedge

Carex alpina

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

Annual Rye Grass

Lolium multiflorum

Annual Ryegrass

Lolium multiflorum

Aquatic Sedges and Rushes

Carex spp. and Juncus spp.

Arctic Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium arcuatum

Baltic Rush

Juncus balticus

Barley Grass

Hordeum vulgare

Bentgrass

Agrostis species

Black Sweet Potato Vine

Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie'

Bladder Sedge

Carex vesicaria

Blue Grass

Poa pratensis

Bluegrass

Poa pratensis

Bog moss

Sphagnum species

Silver moss

Bryum argenteum

Bunch Grass

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

Carex

Carex spp.

Lake Sedge

Carex lacustris

Maclovian Sedge

Carex macloviana

Carex paupercula

Carex paupercula

Beaked Sedge

Carex rostrata

Strict Sedge

Carex stricta

Cattail

Typha latifolia

Ceratodon Moss

Ceratodon purpureus

Chewing Fescue

Festuca rubra subsp. commutata

Clover

Trifolium repens (White Clover) / Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)

Clover (Cover Crop)

Trifolium species

Clover (Cover Crop)

Trifolium spp.

Clover (Cover Crop Mix)

Trifolium spp., Medicago sativa, and related legumes

Common Moss

Hypnum cupressiforme

Cool-Season Grasses

Multiple species (Festuca, Lolium, Poa, Agrostis genera)

Cool-Season Grass Mixture

Mixed species (typically Lolium perenne, Festuca arundinacea, Poa pratensis)

Cover Crops (Clover & Alfalfa)

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

Clover (Cover Crop)

Trifolium repens, Trifolium pratense, and other Trifolium spp.

Creeping bent grass

Agrostis stolonifera

Creeping Red Fescue

Festuca rubra

Orchard Grass (Dactylis glomerata)

Dactylis glomerata L.

Decorative Native Grasses

Various species (e.g., Panicum virgatum, Andropogon gerardii, Schizachyrium scoparium)

Decorative Ornamental Grasses

Various species (Miscanthus, Panicum, Festuca, Stipa, Calamagrostis, Pennisetum, etc.)

Wavy Hair Grass

Deschampsia flexuosa

Northern Lights Deschampsia

Deschampsia cespitosa 'Northern Lights'

Dicranum Moss

Dicranum scoparium

Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle

Lonicera × brownii 'Dropmore Scarlet'

Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle

Lonicera × brownii 'Dropmore Scarlet'

Drought-tolerant native grasses

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

Dutch Clover

Trifolium repens

Erect Moss

Dicranum scoparium