Interactive Key to the Grasses of Columbia Basin

Interactive Key to the Grasses of the Columbia Basin

Grass Checklist
All grasses in the database appear on this list. Click on a scientific name for the description.
Scientific Name	Common Name
*Achnatherum hymenoides*	Indian ricegrass
**Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. dorei**	Columbia needlegrass
**Achnatherum occidentale ssp. pubescens**	stiff needlegrass
*Achnatherum richardsonii*	spreading needlegrass
**Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum**	crested wheatgrass
*Agropyron desertorum*	desert wheatgrass
*Agropyron fragile*	Siberian wheatgrass
*Agrostis aequivalvis*	Alaska bentgrass
*Agrostis capillaris*	colonial bentgrass
*Agrostis exarata*	spike bentgrass
*Agrostis gigantea*	redtop
*Agrostis humilis*	alpine bentgrass
*Agrostis idahoensis*	Idaho bentgrass
*Agrostis mertensii*	northern bentgrass
*Agrostis scabra*	hair bentgrass
*Agrostis stolonifera*	creeping bentgrass
*Agrostis variabilis*	mountain bentgrass
*Aira caryophyllea*	silver hairgrass
*Aira praecox*	early hairgrass
*Alopecurus aequalis*	little meadow-foxtail
*Alopecurus alpinus*	alpine meadow-foxtail
*Alopecurus geniculatus*	water meadow-foxtail
*Alopecurus pratensis*	meadow meadow-foxtail
*Anthoxanthum aristatum*	annual vernalgrass
*Anthoxanthum odoratum*	sweet vernalgrass
*Apera interrupta*	silky bentgrass, interrupted apera
*Arctagrostis latifolia*	polargrass
*Arctophila fulva*	pendantgrass
*Aristida purpurea*	red three-awn
*Arrhenatherum elatius*	tall oatgrass, false oatgrass
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