Native Grasses

A perfect native grass for inter-planting with wildflowers! Native west of the Cascades, Roemer’s fescue was once a dominant grass in prairies and ...

Caterpillar host plant for more than 40 species of butterflies! The name of this sublime native grass, perfectly sums up its appearance. From shor...

One of the most adaptable native grasses for meadow landscaping. This is one of the first grasses we recommend for people trying to incorporate nat...

An excellent utilitarian grass for erosion control, wildlife, and agroforestry. With seedheads that can reach 4 to 5 feet in height, blue wild rye ...

One of the best grass-substitutes for combining with wildflower plantings. While most sedges have specific associations with wetlands or wet enviro...

Native to most of North America, red fescue is a cool-season perennial, meaning it tends to go dormant in the heat of summer. While there are also ...

A tough, but lush, clumpy grass that can support butterfly caterpillars, grazing mammals, and even function as a lawn grass. Like a number of other...

Possibly THE BEST native turf grass in North America – one that can be left in long and swaying, or closely mowed like a manicured lawn. Native fro...

A Pacific coast form of creeping red fescue for lush, soft, exuberant wild lawns – and for filling gaps between other plant species. Contrasting sl...

Humble toad rush is one of our favorite plants. At only 2 to 6-inches tall, this annual grass-like plant scarcely gets any attention. Yet for us it...

An iconic associate of vanishing meadows across the west. Despite the common name, California oatgrass is an extremely widespread meadow and savann...

As the common name makes clear, this is a rush-like plant that "creeps" or spreads by underground rhizomes. The scientific name is a bit more elega...

A beautiful blue/green/grey low maintenance turf and ornamental grass. Native to the Pacific Coast (from British Columbia to Mexico), sand fescue i...

A mounding, tufted, native fine-leaved fescue for wild lawns, septic drain fields, parks, pet enclosures, and more. Western fescue is a widespread ...

This is a resilient and under-appreciated grass for damp spaces and wet meadows.   Spike bentgrass can hold ground against invasive reed canary gr...

A slender, fast-growing annual grass for quick soil cover. Almost true to its name, three week fescue can grow from seed to maturity very quickly!...

A tenacious, architecturally beautiful, and under-appreciated plant with numerous uses. Found almost nationwide, path rush takes is named for its ...

An exceptionally showy grass-like rush, with striking copper-colored ‘pom-pom’ flowers and seedheads.   Daggerleaf rush is one of the plants that ...