Arizona Range Grasses
Their Description, Forage Value, and Grazing Management

Cooperative Extension,College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, The University of Arizona

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Common Name Index

Common Name Scientific Name
ALKALI SACATON
ARIZONA COTTONTOP
ARIZONA FESCUE
ARIZONA THREEAWN
BERMUDA GRASS
BIG GALLETA
BLACK GRAMA
BLUE GRAMA
BLUE PANIC
BLUESTEM
 Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr.
Digitaria californica (Benth.) Henr.
Festuca arizonica Vasey
(See poverty threeawn)
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
Pleuraphis rigida Thurb.
Bouteloua eriopoda (Torr.) Torr.
Bouteloua gracilis. (H.B.K.) Lag ex Griffiths
Panicum antidotale Retz.
(See western wheatgrass)
BOER LOVEGRASS Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. conferta Nees
BOTTLEBRUSH SQUIRRELTAIL Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp.Elymoides
BULLGRASS Muhlenbergia emersleyi Vasey
BURROGRASS Scleropogon brevifolius Phil.
BUSH MUHLY Muhlenbergia porteri Scribn. ex Beal
CANE BEARDGRASS Bothriochloa barbinodis (Lag.) Herter
CHEATGRASS Bromus tectorum L.
COTTONTOP (See Arizona cottontop)
CRESTED WHEATGRASS Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) J.A. Schult.
CRINKLE-AWN Trachypogon secundus (J. Presl) Scribn.
CURLY MESQUITE Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash
DEERGRASS Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) Hitchc.
DESERT SALTGRASS Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene
FEATHER FINGERGRASS Chloris virgata Swartz
FLUFFGRASS Erioneuron pulchellum (H.B.K.) Tateoka
FOXTAIL BROME (See red brome)
FOXTAIL CHESS (See red brome)
FRINGED BROMEGRASS Bromus ciliatus L.
GALLETA Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
GREEN SPRANGLETOP Leptochloa dubia (H.B.K.) Nees
HAIRY GRAMA Bouteloua hirsuta Lag.
HALL’S PANIC GRASS Panicum hallii Vasey
HOE GRASS (See bush muhly)
INDIAN RICEGRASS Stipa hymenoides Roem. & Schult.
JOHNSON GRASS Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.
JUNEGRASS Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schult.
KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS Poa pratensis L.
LEHMANN LOVEGRASS Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees

LITTLE BLUESTEM

 Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
MOUNTAIN MUHLY Muhlenbergia montana (Nutt.) Hitchc.
MUTTONGRASS Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey
NEEDLE AND THREAD GRASS Stipa comata
ORCHARDGRASS Dactylis glomerata L.
PAPPUSGRASS Pappohorum vaginatum Buckl.
PINE DROPSEED Blepharoneuron tricholepis (Torr.) Nash.
PLAINS BRISTLEGRASS Setaria macrostachya H.B.K.
PLAINS LOVEGRASS Eragrostis intermedia Hitchc.
POVERTY THREEAWN Aristida divaricata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
PURPLE THREEAWN Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. purpurea
RED BROME Bromus rubens L.
RED THREEAWN Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey
RINGGRASS (See ring Muhly)
RING MUHLY Muhlenbergia torreyi (Kunth.) Hitchc. ex Busch
ROTHROCK GRAMA Bouteloua rothrockii Vasey
SACATON Sporobolus wrightii Munro. ex Scribn.
SAND DROPSEED Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray
SANTA RITA THREEAWN Aristida californica Thurber var. glabrata Vasey
SIDEOATS GRAMA Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr.
SILVER BEARDGRASS (See cane beardgrass)
SIXWEEKS GRAMA Bouteloua barbata Lag.
SIXWEEKS NEEDLE GRAMA Bouteloua aristidoides (H.B.K.) Griseb.
SIXWEEKS THREEAWN Aristida adscensionis L.
SLENDER GRAMA Bouteloua repens (H.B.K) Scribn. & Merr.
SLENDER WHEATGRASS Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners
SLIM TRIDENS Tridens mulicus (Torr.) Nash
SPIDERGRASS (See poverty threeawn)
SPIKE MUHLY Muhlenbergia wrightii Vasey
SPIKE PAPPUSGRASS Enneapogon desvauxii P. Beauv.
SPIKE TRISETUM Trisetum spicatum (L. ) Richt.
SPRUCETOP GRAMA Bouteloua chondrosioides (H.B.K.) Benth. ex S. Wats.
STINKGRASS Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vign.-Lutati ex Janchen

TANGLEHEAD

 Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. &Schult.
TEXAS BEARDGRASS Schizachyrium cirratum (Hack.) Woot. & Standl.
TEXAS BLUESTEM (See Texas beardgrass)
TOBOSA Pleuraphis mutica Buckl.
TUMBLEGRASS Schedonnardus paniculatus (Nutt.) Trel.
VINE MESQUITE Panicum obtusum H.B.K
WEEPING LOVEGRASS Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. curvula
WESTERN SHEEP FESCUE Festuca calligera (Piper) Rudberg.
WESTERN WHEATGRASS Elymus.smithii (Rydb.) Gould
WILMAN LOVEGRASS Eragrostis superba Peyr.
WOLFTAIL Lycurus setosus (Nutt.) C. Reeder
WOOLIY BUNCHGRASS Elyonurus barbiculmis Hack.


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published 2002
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