Family Poaceae (Grasses)

Domain: EucaryaKingdom: PlantaeDivision: Class: LiliopsidaOrder: Cyperales Phenology

Poaceae Species Discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Species Common Name Photo Where? Phenology
Agrostis capillarisColonial bentgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Agrostis giganteaRedtop grass(NA) HerePhenology
Agrostis hyemalisHairgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Agrostis perennansUpland bent(NA) HerePhenology
Agrostis scabraRough bentgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Agrostis speciesGrass species(NA) HerePhenology
Agrostis stoloniferaCreeping bentgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Alopecurus carolinianusCarolina foxtail(NA) HerePhenology
Andropogon elliottiiElliotts bluestem(NA) HerePhenology
Andropogon gerardiiBig bluestem(NA) HerePhenology
Andropogon glomeratusBushy bluestem(NA) HerePhenology
Andropogon gyransElliotts bluestem(NA) HerePhenology
Andropogon speciesBluestem species(NA) HerePhenology
Andropogon ternariusSplitbeard bluestem(NA) HerePhenology
Andropogon virginicusBroomsedge bluestem(NA) HerePhenology
Anthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal grass(NA) HerePhenology
Aristida purpurascensPurple triple-awned grass(NA) HerePhenology
Arrhenatherum elatiusOat grass(NA) HerePhenology
Arthraxon hispidusArthraxon grass(NA) HerePhenology
Arundinaria appalachianaHill cane(NA) HerePhenology
Arundinaria giganteaGiant cane(NA) HerePhenology
Brachyelytrum aristosumNorthern shorthusk (NA) HerePhenology
Brachyelytrum erectumCommon shorthusk(NA) HerePhenology
Brachyelytrum septentrionaleNorthern shorthusk(NA) HerePhenology
Bromus catharticusRescuegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Bromus ciliatusNorthern brome grass(NA) HerePhenology
Bromus inermisSmooth brome(NA) HerePhenology
Bromus japonicusJapanese chess(NA) HerePhenology
Bromus pubescensHairy woodland brome (NA) HerePhenology
Bromus speciesBrome species(NA) HerePhenology
Calamagrostis cainiiCainas reed-bent grass(NA) HerePhenology
Calamagrostis coarctata Nuttalls reedgrass (NA) HerePhenology
Chasmanthium latifoliumIndian Sea-Oats(NA) HerePhenology
Chasmanthium sessiliflorumLongleaf woodoats(NA) HerePhenology
Cinna arundinaceaReedgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Cinna latifoliawoodreed(NA) HerePhenology
Dactylis glomerataOrchard grass(NA) HerePhenology
Danthonia compressaMountain oat grass(NA) HerePhenology
Danthonia sericeaDowny oat grass(NA) HerePhenology
Danthonia speciesOatgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Danthonia spicataPoverty grass(NA) HerePhenology
Deschampsia flexuosaWavy hairgrass (NA) HerePhenology
Diarrhena americanaAmerican beakgrain (NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium acuminatumWestern panicgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium bosciiBosc`s witchgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium clandestinumDeer-tongue witchgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium communtatumVariable panicgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium commutatumVariable panicgrass (NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium depauperatumgreen panic-grass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium dichotomumCypress witchgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium latifoliumBroadleaf rosette grass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium laxiflorumLax-Flower witchgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium linearifoliumSlim-Leaf witchgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium meridionaleMatting rosette grass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium sabulorumsmall panic grass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium scabriusculumWoolly rosette grass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium scopariumBroom panic grass(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium speciesRosette grass species(NA) HerePhenology
Dichanthelium sphaerocarponRoundfruit panic grass(NA) HerePhenology
Digitaria filiformisCrabgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Digitaria ischaemumSmooth Crabgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Digitaria sanguinalisCrabgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Echinochloa crus-gallibarnyard grass(NA) HerePhenology
Eleusine indicaIndian goosegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Elymus hystrixEastern bottlebrush grass(NA) HerePhenology
Elymus repensQuackgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Elymus ripariuswild rye(NA) HerePhenology
Elymus speciesWildrye(NA) HerePhenology
Elymus virginicuswild rye(NA) HerePhenology
Eragrostis capillarisFine lovegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Eragrostis curvulaSouth African lovegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Eragrostis hypnoidescreeping lovegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Eragrostis spectabilisPurple lovegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Festuca obtusaNodding Fescue(NA) HerePhenology
Festuca paradoxaClustered fescue(NA) HerePhenology
Festuca pratensisMeadow fescue(NA) HerePhenology
Festuca speciesFescue grass species(NA) HerePhenology
Festuca subverticillataSheep`s-fescue(NA) HerePhenology
Glyceria melicariawood mannagrass(NA) HerePhenology
Glyceria nubigenaSmoky Mountain Mannagrass(NA) HerePhenology
Glyceria speciesMannagrass species(NA) HerePhenology
Glyceria striataStriate mannagrass(NA) HerePhenology
Holcus lanatusVelvetgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Leersia oryzoidesRice Cutgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Leersia speciesCutgrass species(NA) HerePhenology
Leersia virginicaVirginia Cutgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Lolium arundinaceumTall fescue grass(NA) HerePhenology
Lolium pratenseMeadow fescue grass(NA) HerePhenology
Melica muticaMelic grass(NA) HerePhenology
Microstegium vimineumJapanese grass(NA) HerePhenology
Milium effusumwild millet(NA) HerePhenology
Miscanthus sinensisMiscanthus(NA) HerePhenology
Muhlenbergia schreberiDrop-seed(NA) HerePhenology
Muhlenbergia speciesMuhly grass species(NA) HerePhenology
Muhlenbergia sylvaticawoodland Muhly(NA) HerePhenology
Muhlenbergia tenuifloraMuhly(NA) HerePhenology
Panicum ancepsBeaked panicgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Panicum capillareWitchgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Panicum dichotomiflorumLarge panic grass(NA) HerePhenology
Panicum philadelphicumPhiladelphia panic grass(NA) HerePhenology
Panicum rigidulumRedtop panicgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Panicum speciesPanicgrass species(NA) HerePhenology
Panicum virgatumSwitchgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Paspalum laeveSmooth paspalum(NA) HerePhenology
Paspalum speciesPaspalum grass species(NA) HerePhenology
Phalaris arundinaceaReed canary grass(NA) HerePhenology
Phleum pratenseCommon timothy(NA) HerePhenology
Piptochaetium avenaceumBlackseed needlegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Poa alsodeswood bluegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Poa annuaannual bluegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Poa autumnalisAutumn bluegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Poa chapmanianaChapmanā€™s bluegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Poa compressaCanada bluegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Poa cuspidatawoodland bluegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Poa paludigenaBluegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Poa pratensisJunegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Poa speciesBluegrass species(NA) HerePhenology
Poa sylvestriswoodland bluegrass(NA) HerePhenology
Poaceae_genus speciesGrass species(NA) HerePhenology
Saccharum alopecuroidesBeardgrass(NA) HerePhenology
Saccharum speciesBroomsedge species(NA) HerePhenology
Schizachyrium scoparium(NA)(NA) HerePhenology
Schizachyrium scoparius(NA)(NA) HerePhenology
Setaria parviflora(NA)(NA) HerePhenology
Setaria speciesFoxtail species(NA) HerePhenology
Sorghastrum elliottiismaller Indian grass(NA) HerePhenology
Sorghastrum nutansIndian grass(NA) HerePhenology
Sorghum bicolor(NA)(NA) HerePhenology
Sorghum halepenseJohnson grass(NA) HerePhenology
Sphenopholis nitidashining sphenopholis(NA) HerePhenology
Sphenopholis obtusataBlunt sphenopholis(NA) HerePhenology
Sphenopholis pensylvanicaSwamp Wedgescale(NA) HerePhenology
Tridens flavusPurple top(NA) HerePhenology
Triticum aestivumWheat(NA) HerePhenology
Vulpia bromoides(NA)(NA) HerePhenology

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Note:
Taxa on this list are only those contained in the ATBI database,
and do not neccessarily include all Park taxa from historic park reports, literature,
or other sources that have not yet been entered
in the Biodiversity Database.
Also note: where part of the taxon name is species,
it means that the taxon name has not yet been agreed upon by taxonomists for this group,
or that it was not identified to this level.



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