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Type Vegetable Herb Flower Fruit Vine Shrub Tree Succulent Grass

Sun ☀️Full Sun ⛅Part Sun/Shade ☁️Shade

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

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AC Grazeland

Bromus catharticus × Bromus riparius hybrid

Alfalfa Dormant Vernal WL 318

Alfalfa Dormant Vernal WL 318

Medicago sativa L.

Alfalfa with Bromegrass

Alfalfa with Bromegrass

Medicago sativa L. with Bromus species

Alkali Grass

Alkali Grass

Puccinellia nuttalliana

Alpine Bluegrass

Alpine Bluegrass

Poa alpina

Alpine Grasses

Alpine Grasses

Various species (e.g., Festuca halleri, Poa alpina, Carex firma)

Alpine Sedge

Alpine Sedge

Carex alpina

Alsike Clover

Alsike Clover

Trifolium hybridum

Altai Wildrye

Elymus sibiricus

Amethyst Dream

Ipomoea purpurea 'Amethyst Dream'

Annual Bluegrass

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

Annual Rye

Annual Rye

Secale cereale

Annual Rye Grass

Annual Rye Grass

Lolium multiflorum

Annual Ryegrass

Annual Ryegrass

Lolium multiflorum

Aquatic Grasses

Aquatic Grasses

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

Aquatic Sedges and Rushes

Carex spp. and Juncus spp.

Arctic Blue-eyed Grass

Arctic Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium arcuatum

Arctic Bluegrass

Arctic Bluegrass

Poa arctica

Arctic Brome

Arctic Brome

Bromus pumpellianus

Arctic Moss

Arctic Moss

Calliergon giganteum

Argentine

Argentine

Hordeum vulgare var. nudum

Arrowgrass

Triglochin maritima

Badger Bromegrass

Badger Bromegrass

Bromus inermis 'Badger'

Baltic Rush

Baltic Rush

Juncus balticus

Orchardgrass 'Baridana'

Orchardgrass 'Baridana'

Dactylis glomerata 'Baridana'

Barley

Barley

Hordeum vulgare

Barley, Golden Promise

Barley, Golden Promise

Hordeum vulgare

Barley 'Golden Promise'

Barley 'Golden Promise'

Hordeum vulgare

Barley Grass

Barley Grass

Hordeum vulgare

Barley Morex

Barley Morex

Hordeum vulgare 'Morex'

Barley: Six-Row Malting

Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Barley: Two-Row Malting

Barley: Two-Row Malting

Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Baron Creeping Bentgrass

Baron Creeping Bentgrass

Agrostis stolonifera 'Baron'

Beardless Oats and Barley Happy Jack

Beardless Oats and Barley Happy Jack

Hordeum vulgare var. nudum

Beauty of Moscow

Beauty of Moscow

Ipomoea nil

Beggar's Lice

Pharbitis purpurea

Bentgrass

Bentgrass

Agrostis species

Big Ben

Ipomoea purpurea

Bindweed

Bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Birdhouse Gourd

Birdhouse Gourd

Lagenaria siceraria

Black Hulless Oat

Black Hulless Oat

Avena sativa var. nuda

Black Hulless Oat Pennant

Black Hulless Oat Pennant

Avena sativa var. nuda

Black Knight

Ipomoea purpurea 'Black Knight'

Black Runner Bean

Black Runner Bean

Phaseolus coccineus

Black Sweet Potato Vine

Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie'

Bladder Sedge

Carex vesicaria

Blue Grass

Poa pratensis

Bluegrass

Bluegrass

Poa pratensis

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