Oregon Grass List

Here is a list of grasses grown in Oregon for seed production. Click on the 'Common Name' link for any of the grasses listed below for a detailed description.

(Common Name) (Scientific Name)
Alaska Brome Bromus sitchensis
American Sloughgrass Beckmannia syzigachne
Annual Ryegrass Lolium multiflorum
Annual Ryegrass Tetraploid Lolium multifolrum tet.
Blue Wildrye Elymus glaucus
California Brome Bromus carinatus
California Oatgrass Danthonia californica
Chewings Fescue Fescuta rubra commutata
Columbia Brome Bromus vulgaris
Creeping Bentgrass Agrostis stolenifera
Meadow Barley Hordeum brachyantherum
Native Red Fescue - Molate Festuca rubra ssp. rubra 'Molate'
Pine Bluegrass Poa scabrella
Slender Hairgrass Deschampsia elongata
Slender Wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus
Spike Bentgrass Agrostis exarata
Tall Mannagrass Glyceria elata
Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa
Water Foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus
Western Fescue Festuca occidentalis