NativeSeed Group Inventory

This is an annual grass that grows between 1 to 2 feet tall. It is used for habitat restoration and as a cover crop. This grass prefers full sun and is typically found in grasslands, prairies, and di...

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West, California
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Habitat Restoration
• Height:  1-2 ft

Warm season, perennial bunchgrass with an extensive fibrous root system. Performs best on deep, moist, fine textured soils but will persist on coarser soils on dry sites. Tolerant of a wide range of s...

• Growing Region:  Intermountain West, Southwest, Pacific Northwest, California
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Habitat Restoration
• Height:  1-4 ft

Short, densely tufted, cool season perennial bunchgrass adapted to subalpine and alpine slopes and meadows. Wide variety of soils from clay to gravel. Leaves form a dense mat providing good soil cover...

• Growing Region:  Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Habitat Restoration
• Height:  1-2 ft

Formerly Elymus angustus. Robust, Cool season, long-lived, perennial bunchgrass with short creeping rhizomes. Well adapted to loam and clay soils, drought tolerant and extremely salt and alkaline resi...

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Agriculture
• Height:  1-4 ft

Cool season, robust annual or short-lived perennial that may develop short rhizomes. Commonly occurs on wet sites such as ponds, swamps, ditch banks, shallow marshes and sloughs. Prefers clay soils; t...

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West, Midwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Agriculture, Habitat Restoration
• Height:  1-3 ft

Cool season, rhizomatous, native perennial grasslike common in many western states. Occurs in saturated soils of wet meadows and springs, from foothills to moderate elevations up to 9,000 ft. Often fo...

• Growing Region:  Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Habitat Restoration
• Height:  1-3 ft

Formerly Lolium multiflorum. Cool season, annual bunchgrass adapted to many sites where adequate water is available. Establishes quickly and easily. Highly palatable to livestock and wildlife. Excelle...

• Growing Region:  Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Southeast, California
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Commercial Beautification, Turf, Agriculture
• Height:  1-3 ft

Formerly Trichachne californica. Warm season, very drought tolerant, perennial bunchgrass adapted to deep well-drained soils. Rarely found in pure stands. Will repeatedly go to seed throughout the gro...

• Growing Region:  Southwest, Intermountain West
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Commercial Beautification, Agriculture
• Height:  1-2 ft

Cool season, drought tolerant perennial bunchgrass with a coarse, dense fibrous root system. Most commonly found on thin, heavy soils but also occurs on deeper, coarser sites, often in association wit...

• Growing Region:  Southwest, Intermountain West
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Agriculture, Habitat Restoration
• Height:  1-2 ft

Cool season, sod-forming, riparian native perennial grasslike. Occurs from deserts to subalpine zones, on saline or alkaline soils. Widely distributed, often found as a community dominant. Excellent f...

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest, Midwest, California, Intermountain West
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation
• Height:  1-2 ft

Formerly Carex rostrata. Cool season, strongly rhizomatous, native perennial grasslike. Forms large, dense stands in shallow water or wet soils around waterways and sometimes in wet meadows, from low...

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Habitat Restoration
• Height:  1-2 ft

This is a perennial grass-like sedge that grows between 1 to 3 feet tall. It is commonly used in wetland restoration projects. This plant prefers full sun and grows in wet, marshy soils, often found i...

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West, California
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Commercial Beautification
• Height:  1-2 ft

Warm season, long-lived, perennial that spreads from rhizomes and stolons forming dense patches. Adapted to a wide variety of sites, including saline soils. Widely used for erosion control and as high...

• Growing Region:  Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, Intermountain West, California, North America, Pacific Northwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Commercial Beautification, Turf, Agriculture
• Height:  1-2 ft

Formerly Poa ampla. Robust, Cool season, perennial bunchgrass with a shallow fibrous root system, sometimes spreading by short rhizomes. Occurs on a variety of sites but is intolerant of poorly draine...

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West, California
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Agriculture, Habitat Restoration
• Height:  1-2 ft

Warm season, long-lived, perennial, bunchy sod-former occurs on a wide range of sites but thrives on well-drained soils. Rhizomes spread slowly. Tall, averaging 5-8 ft. in height, occasionally reachin...

• Growing Region:  Midwest, Intermountain West
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Agriculture
• Height:  1-4 ft