Oregon Grass List
Here is a list of grasses grown in Oregon for seed production. For more detailed information about most of the grasses in
our list please see our forage grasses,
turf grasses and
native grasses pages.
If you find that we have missed any species please feel free to contact us with your information and we will add it to our list.
| (Scientific Name) | (Common Name) |
|---|---|
| Arogpyron caninium | Bearded Wheat |
| Alopecurus geniculatus | Water Foxtail |
| Argrostis canina | Velvet Bentgrass |
| Argrostis exarata | Spike Bentgrass |
| Argrostis stolonifera | Creeping Bentgrass |
| Argrostis tenuis | Colonial Bentgrass |
| Beckmannia syzigachne | American Slough Grass |
| Bromus carinatus | California Brome |
| Bromus sitchensis | Sitka Brome or Alaska Brome |
| Bromus vulgaris | Columbia Brome |
| Carex aperta | Columbia Sedge |
| Carex Hendersonii | Timber Sedge |
| Carex mertensii | Mertens Sedge |
| Carex obnupta | Slough Sedge |
| Carex stichensis | Water Sedge or Sitka Sedge |
| Carex stipata | Sawbeak Sedge |
| Carex tumalicola | Foothill Sedge |
| Dactylis glomerata | Orchardgrass |
| Danthonia californica | California Oatgrass |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass |
| Elymus glaucus | Blue Wildrye |
| Elymus trachycaulus | Slender Wheatgrass |
| Eriophyllum lanatum | Woolly Eriophyllum or Oregon Sunshine |
| Festuca arundinacea | Tall Fescue |
| Festuca californica | California Fescue |
| Fesctuca occidentalis | Western Fescue |
| Festuca roemerii | Roemers Fescue |
| Festuca rubra | Red Creeping Fescue |
| Festuca rubra | Red Creeping Fescue |
| Festuca rubra 'Molate' | Red Fescue |
| Fesctuca subulata | Nodding Fescue or Bearded Fescue |
| Glyceria borealis | Northern Mannagrass |
| Glyceria elata | Tall Mannagrass |
| Glyceria grandis | Reed Mannagrass |
| Hordeum brachyantherum | Meadow Barley |
| Isopyrum hallii | Meadow Rue |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cut |
| Lolium multiflorum | Annual Ryegrass |
| Lolium perenne | Perennial Ryegrass |
| Luza Spicata | Wood Rush |
| Phleum pratense | Timothy |
| Poa pratensis | Kentucky Bluegrass |
| Poa Scrabrella | Pine Bluegrass |
| Torreyochloa pauciflora | Weak Alkali Grass |