Native grasss of Alberta and the prairies

The growth form, which is the first thing that decides where a plant can go.

53 plants

Alkali Cord GrassSpartina gracilisgrass · July-AugustAlpine BluegrassPoa alpinagrass · June-AugustBig BluestemAndropogon gerardiigrass · Aug-SepBlue Grama GrassBouteloua gracilisgrass · July–AugustBluebunch FescueFestuca idahoensisgrass · June-JulyBluejoint Reed GrassCalamagrostis canadensisgrass · Jun-AugCanada Rice GrassPiptatherum canadensegrass · June-JulyCanada Wild RyeElymus canadensisgrass · July–AugustCommon Tall Manna GrassGlyceria grandisgrass · Jun-AugDrooping Wood-reedCinna latifoliagrass · Jul-AugFoothills Rough FescueFestuca campestrisgrass · June-JulyFowl Manna GrassGlyceria striatagrass · Jun-JulFringed BromeBromus ciliatusgrass · Jun-AugGiant Wild RyeLeymus cinereusgrass · Jun-AugGreen Needle GrassNassella viridulagrass · June–JulyHairy Wild RyeLeymus innovatusgrass · June-JulyHooker's Oat GrassAvenula hookerigrass · June-JulyIndigenous RicegrassEriocoma hymenoidesgrass · May-JuneJune GrassKoeleria macranthagrass · June–JulyLittle BluestemSchizachyrium scopariumgrass · July-AugustMountain BromeBromus marginatusgrass · Jun-AugNeedle and Thread GrassHesperostipa comatagrass · May-JunNorthern Wheat GrassElymus lanceolatusgrass · Jun-JulParry's OatgrassDanthonia parryigrass · June-JulyPlains MuhlyMuhlenbergia cuspidatagrass · Jul-AugPorcupine GrassHesperostipa sparteagrass · Jun-JulPoverty Oat GrassDanthonia spicatagrass · Jun-JulPrairie Cord GrassSpartina pectinatagrass · Jul-AugPrairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepisgrass · August-SeptemberPrairie Wedge GrassSphenopholis obtusatagrass · June-JulyPurple Oat GrassSchizachne purpurascensgrass · May-JulyPurple Reed GrassCalamagrostis purpurascensgrass · Jun-JulRichardson's NeedlegrassEriocoma richardsoniigrass · June-JulyRocky Mountain FescueFestuca saximontanagrass · May-JulyRough FescueFestuca halliigrass · June–JulySaltgrassDistichlis spicatagrass · Jun-AugSand GrassCalamovilfa longifoliagrass · Jul-AugSandberg BluegrassPoa secundagrass · Apr-JunSheep FescueFestuca ovinagrass · Jun-JulSideoats GramaBouteloua curtipendulagrass · Jul-SepSlender WheatgrassElymus trachycaulusgrass · June–JulySlough GrassBeckmannia syzigachnegrass · Jun-JulSmooth Wild RyeElymus glaucusgrass · Jun-JulSpike TrisetumKoeleria spicatagrass · June-JulySweetgrassAnthoxanthum hirtumgrass · Jun-JulSwitchgrassPanicum virgatumgrass · August–SeptemberTicklegrassAgrostis scabragrass · June-AugustTufted HairgrassDeschampsia caespitosagrass · June-AugustTufted Tall Manna GrassGlyceria elatagrass · Jun-AugWestern FescueFestuca occidentalisgrass · May-JulyWestern Porcupine GrassHesperostipa curtisetagrass · May-JunWestern WheatgrassPascopyrum smithiigrass · Jun-JulWhite-grained Mountain Rice GrassOryzopsis asperifoliagrass · May-Jun