Aristida adscensionis

Sixweeks Threeawn

NAW  3  4  6  7  8  9  10

not in my area

Aristida arizonica

Arizona Threeawn

NPW  10

Aristida basiramea

Forktip Threeawn

NAW  3  4

Aristida desmantha

Curly Threeawn, Western Tripleawn Grass, Western Threeawn

NAW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  10

not in my area

Aristida dichotoma

var. dichotoma

Churchmouse Threeawn, Povertygrass

NAW  1  2  3  4  6  7

Aristida divaricata

Poverty Threeawn

NPW  7  9  10

not in my area

Aristida gypsophila

Gypsum Threeawn, Gyp Threeawn

NPW  10

Aristida havardii

Havard Threeawn

NPW  4  8  9  10

Aristida lanosa

Woolysheath Threeawn, Woolly Tripleawn Grass, Woolly Threeawn

NPW  1  2  3  4

Aristida longespica

var. geniculata

var. longespica

Slimspike Threeawn

Kearney Threeawn, Plains Threeawn

Slimspike Threeawn, Slender Threeawn

NAW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  9

NAW  3  4

NA     1  2

not in my area

stick with horizontal awns

Aristida oligantha

Oldfield Threeawn, Prairie Threeawn, Few‑flowered Aristida

NAW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

Taylor, Callahan, Eastland, Brown

stick with horizontal awns

Aristida palustris

Longleaf Threeawn

NPW  1

Aristida pansa

Wooten Threeawn

NPW  4  7  10

not in my area

curvy leaves

Aristida purpurascens

var. purpurascens

var. virgata

Arrowfeather Threeawn, Broomsedge, Arrowgrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7

not in my area

Aristida purpurea

var. fendleriana

var. longiseta

var. nealleyi

var. parishii

var. perplexa

var. purpurea

var. wrightii

Fendler Threeawn

Red Threeawn, Dogtown‑grass

Blue Threeawn, Nealley Threeawn

Parish's Threeawn

Purple Threeawn

Purple Threeawn, Purple Needlegrass

Wright's Threeawn

NPW  5

NPW  2  4  5  6  7  8  9

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

NPW  2  6  7  9

NPW  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

not my area

Taylor, Runnels, Coke, Brown

?

?

not my area

not my area

Aristida ramosissima

 S-curve Threeawn

NAW  3

twisting awns

Aristida schiedeana

var. orcuttiana

Singleawn Aristida, Beggarstick Threeawn, Orcutt's Threeawn

NPW  4  10

Aristida spiciformis

Bottlebrush Threeawn

NP

?

Aristida ternipes

var. gentilis

var. ternipes

Spidergrass

Hook Threeawn

Spidergrass

NPW  4  7  10

NPW  10

NPW  10

Arundo donax

Giant Reed, Spanish Reed

IPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  9  10

Brown

white plume

Phragmites australis

Common Reed

NPW  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

not in my area

purple plume

Arundinaria gigantea

ssp. gigantea

ssp. tecta

Giantcane

Giantcane, Canebrake, Southern Cane

Switchcane

NPC  1  2  3  4  5

NPC  1  2  3  4

not in Texas

15-20 feet tall

6-8 feet tall

Phyllostachys aurea

Golden Bamboo

IPC  1  3  4  10

Chasmanthium latifolium

Inland Sea-oats, Indian Woodoats, Broadleaf Woodoats

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7

not in my area

Chasmanthium laxum

Narrowleaf Woodoats

NPW  1  2  3  4

Chasmanthium sessiliflorum

Longleaf Woodoats

NPW  1  2  3  4

Bouteloua aristidoides

var. aristidoides

Needle Grama, Sixweek Grama

NAW  4  5  6  7  10

Bouteloua barbata

Sixweeks Grama

NPW  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Nolan, Fisher

Bouteloua breviseta

Gypsum Grama, Gyp Grama

not in my area

Bouteloua chondrosioides

Sprucetop Grama

NPW  4  6  7  10

Bouteloua curtipendula

var. caespitosa

var. curtipendula

Clump Sideoats, Sideoats Grama

Sideoats Grama

NPW  3  4  5  6  7  9  10

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

Runnels

Taylor, etc.

Bouteloua dactyloides

Buffalograss

NPW   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor, etc.

Bouteloua eriopoda

Black Grama, Woollyfoot Grama

NPW  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Tom Green

Bouteloua gracilis

Blue Grama

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor

Bouteloua hirsuta

var. hirsuta

var. pectinata

Hairy Grama

Tall Grama

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

NPW  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

Taylor, etc.

Taylor

Bouteloua kayi

Kay Grama

NPW  7  10

not in my area

Bouteloua parryi

Parry's Grama

NA

?

Bouteloua ramosa

Chino Grama

NPW  7  10

Bouteloua repens

Slender Grama, Large-mesquite Grama

NPW  2  3  4  6  7

not in my area

Bouteloua rigidiseta

Texas Grama, Mesquitegrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

Taylor, etc.

Bouteloua simplex

Matted Grama, Mat Grama

NAW  9  10

Bouteloua trifida

var. burkii

var. trifida

Red Grama, Threeawn Grama

NPW  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor, etc.

Bouteloua uniflora

Nealley Grama, One-flowered Grama

NPW  6  7  8  10

Tom Green

Bouteloua warnockii

Warnock Grama

NPW  4  7  10

Cathestecum erectum

False Grama

NPW  7  10

not in my area

like Buffalograss

Chloris andropogonoides

Slimspike Windmillgrass

NPW  2  6  6  7

not in my area

1 whirl, long branch

Chloris barbata

NAW  2  4  6  7

not in my area

like Feathertop

Chloris canterai

var. canterai

Paraguayan Windmillgrass

IPW  2  3  5  6

2 whirls, few branches

Chloris ciliata

Fringed Windmillgrass, Fringed Chloris

NPW  2  3  4  6  7

not in my area

like thick Feathertop

Chloris cucullata

Hooded Windmillgrass, Hooded Fingergrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor, Brown

multi thick branches from one node

Chloris divaricata

Spreading Windmillgrass

IPW  2  6  7

not in my area

?

Chloris gayana

Rhodesgrass

IPW  2  3  4  6  7  9

not in my area

like Feathertop

Chloris subdolichostachya

Shortspike Windmillgrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  9

Taylor, Brown

like Hooded, less branches

Chloris submutica

Mexican Windmillgrass

IPW  3  10

?

Chloris texensis

Texas Windmillgrass

NPW  2  3  6  10

long branches become tufted near end, 1 node

Chloris verticillata

Tumble Windmillgrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor, etc.

multi whirl, long branches

Chloris virgata

Feather Fingergrass, Feathertop Windmillgrass

NAW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor, etc.

upright branches from 1 node

Cynodon aethiopicus

Ethiopian Dogtoothgrass

IPW  6

Cynodon dactylon

Bermudagrass

IPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor, etc.

Cynodon magennisii

Magennis Dogstoothgrass

IPW

?

Cynodon nlemfuensis

Africa Bermudagrass

IPW  2  6

Enteropogon chlorideus

Buryseed Umbrellagrass

NPW  2  4  6

Eustachys distichophylla

Weeping Fingergrass

IPW  2  3

Eustachys paspaloides

ssp. caribaea

Caribbean Fingergrass, Chickenfootgrass

IPW  2  3  4  6  7

not in my area

Eustachys petraea

Pinewoods Fingergrass, Stiffleaf Fingergrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  6

Eustachys retusa

Argentine Fingergrass

NPW  1  2  3  4

Gymnopogon ambiguus

Bearded Skeletongrass, Broad‑leaved Beardgrass

NPW  1  2  3  5  6

Gymnopogon brevifolius

Shortleaf Skeletongrass

NPW  1  2

Hilaria belangeri

var. belangeri

Curly-mesquite, Creeping Mesquite

NPW  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  10

Taylor

like Buffalograss, upright spikelets

Hilaria swallenii

Swallen Curly-mesquite

NPW  7  10

Microchloa kunthii

Kunth's Smallgrass

NPW  10

Pleuraphis jamesii

Galleta

NPW  6  7  8  9  10

Pleuraphis mutica

Tobosa, Tobosagrass

NPW  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor, Jones, Nolan

like tall Curly-Mesquite

Schedonnardus paniculatus

Tumblegrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor etc.

wavy basal leaves, oversized spike, branches wide spaced & alternating, appressed spikelets, poor forage

Spartina alterniflora

Smooth Cordgrass, Salt-marshgrass

NPW  2  3  4  6

Spartina bakeri

Sand Cordgrass

NPW  2

Spartina cynosuroides

Big Cordgrass, Salt‑reedgrass

NPW  2  6  7

not in my area

Spartina patens

Saltmeadow Cordreass, Marshhay Cordgrass, Rush Saltgrass

NPW  2  4

Spartina pectinata

Prairie Cordgrass, Tall Marshgrass, Sloughgrass

NPW  2  4  6  7  8  9  10

not in my area

large, rhizomes, hairy spikelets

Spartina spartinae

Gulf Cordgrass, Coastal Sacahuista, Sacahuista

NPW  2  3  4  6  9

very appressed

Tragus berteronianus

Spike Burgrass, Pricklegrass, Goatgrass

IAW  2  5  6  7  10

not in my area

Trichloris crinita

False Rhodesgrass, Multiflowered Chloris

NPW  3  4  6  7  9  10

not in my area

upright fuzzy tuft, purple white

Trichloris pluriflora

Multiflowered False Rhodesgrass, Four Flowered Chloris

NPW  1  2  5  6  7

Willkommia texana

Texas Willkommia

NPC  2

Zoysia japonica

Japanese Lawngrass, Zoysiagrass, Korean Lawngrass

IPW

?

Zoysia matrella

Manilagrass

IPW

?

Zoysia pacifica

Korean Velvetgrass, Mascarenegrass

IPW

?

Sporobolus airoides

Alkali Sacaton

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

not in my area

pink panicle not whirled

Sporobolus buckleyi

Buckley Dropseed

NPW  2

Sporobolus clandestinus

Rough Dropseed, Tall Dropseed, Longleaved Rushgrass, Rough Rushgrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8

Brown

spike

Sporobolus compositus

var.  compositus

var.  drummondii

var. macer

Composite Dropseed

Drummond's Dropseed, Meadow Dropseed

Mississippi Dropseed

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8

NPW  3  4

NPW  2  3  4

Taylor, Coleman, Brown

not in my area

not in my area

not in my area

spike of appressed branches

Sporobolus contractus

Spike Dropseed

NPW  5  6  9  10

spike

Sporobolus cryptandrus

Sand Dropseed, Covered‑spike Dropseed

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor, etc.

fan with large spikelets

Sporobolus domingensis

Coral Dropseed

IPW  2

Sporobolus flexuosus

Mesa Dropseed

NPW  2  5  6  7  8  9  10

Nolan

scruffy panicle

Sporobolus giganteus

Giant Dropseed

NPW  3  4  8  9  10

not in my area

spike

Sporobolus indicus

var. indicus

Smutgrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  7

not in my area

spike almost culm width

Sporobolus junceus

Pineywoods Dropseed, Purple Dropseed

NPW  1  2  3  4  6  7

whirled branches, heavy seed

Sporobolus nealleyi

Gypgrass, Nealley Dropseed

NPW  7  10

not in my area

Sporobolus neglectus

Puffsheath Dropseed

NAW  4  5  7  9

not in my area

spike

Sporobolus purpurascens

Purple Dropseed

NPW  2  6  7

not in my area

Sporobolus pyramidatus

Whorled Dropseed, Madagascar Dropseed

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor

whirled branches

Sporobolus silveanus

Silveus Dropseed

NPW  1  2  3  6

Sporobolus texanus

Texas Dropseed

NPW  4  8  9  10

Sporobolus vaginiflorus

var. ozarkanus

var. vaginiflorus

Poverty Dropseed

Ozark Dropseed

Poverty Dropseed, Southern Povertygrass

NAW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  9

NAW  2  4  5  7

NAW  1  3  4  5  6  7  8

Taylor, Brown

Brown

?

scruffy spike

Sporobolus virginicus

Seashore Dropseed, Seashore Rushgrass

NPW  2  4  5

Sporobolus wrightii

Big Sacaton, Wright's Sacaton

NPW  2  5  6  7  10

not in my area

dense yellow panicle, grows to 7 feet tall

Blepharoneuron tricholepis

Pine Dropseed, Hairy Dropseed

NPW  1  3  4  10

Eragrostis airoides

 Illusiongrass

IPW  3

?

Eragrostis amabilis

Japanese Lovegrass

IAW  1  2

?

Eragrostis barrelieri

Mediterranean Lovegrass

IAW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor, etc.

Eragrostis capillaris

Lace Grass, Tiny Lovegrass

NAW  1  2  3  4

Eragrostis cilianensis

Stinkgrass

IAW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Taylor, Nolan, Fisher, Coleman

Eragrostis ciliaris

Gophertail Lovegrass

NAW  1

Eragrostis curtipedicellata

Gummy Lovegrass, Shortstalked Lovegrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10

Taylor, Eastland, Brown

Eragrostis curvula

Weeping Lovegrass

IPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

Callahan

Eragrostis elliottii

Elliott Lovegrass, Field Lovegrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  8

not in my area

Eragrostis erosa

Chihuahuan Lovegrass

NPW  4  9  10

Eragrostis frankii

Sandbar Lovegrass

NA

Eragrostis hirsuta

Bigtop Lovegrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6

Eragrostis hypnoides

Teal Lovegrass, Smooth Creeping Grass

NAW  1  2  3  4

Eragrostis intermedia

Plains Lovegrass

NPW  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  9  10