AGP 363 - ID List #3 Plants

Ornamental Grasses

Common Name Scientific Name Family Name
Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii Poaceae
Wild Cane, Wild Bamboo Arundinaria gigantea Poaceae
Pygmy Bamboo Arundinaria pygmaea Poaceae
Dwarf Whitestripe Bamboo Arundinaria variegata Poaceae
Giant Reed Grass Arundo donax Poaceae
Sideoats /grama Bouteloua curtipendula Poaceae
Feather Reed Grass Calamagrostis x acutiflora Poaceae
River Oats Grass Chasmanthium latifolium Poaceae
Pampas Grass Cortaderia selloana Poaceae
‘Wind Dancer’ Lovegrass Eragrostis elliottii ‘Wind Dancer’ Poaceae
Blue Fescue Festuca glauca Poaceae
Hakone Grass Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' Poaceae
Blue Oat Grass Helictotrichon sempervirens Poaceae
Japanese Blood Grass Imperata cylindrica Poaceae
Maiden Grass, Silver Grass, Silver Eulalia Miscanthus sinensis Poaceae
Dwarf Maiden Grass Miscanthus sinensis var. gracillimus Poaceae
Variegated Maiden Grass Miscanthus sinensis var. variegatus Poaceae
Zebra Grass Miscanthus sinensis var. zebrinus Poaceae
Pink Muhly, Gulf Muhly, Hairgrass Muhlenbergia capillaris Poaceae
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum Poaceae
Perennial Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecuroides Poaceae
*Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’ Poaceae
Yellow Groove Bamboo Phyllostachys aureosulcata Poaceae
Sheath Bamboo, Nuda Bamboo Phyllostachys nuda Poaceae
Plume Grass, Ravenna Grass Saccharum ravennae Poaceae
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Poaceae
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans Poaceae
Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis Poaceae
Mexican Feather Grass Stipa tenuissima Poaceae

Yuccas and New Zealand Flax

Common Name Scientific Name Family Name
Adam’s Needle Yucca Yucca filamentosa Asparagaceae
Floppy Yucca, Weakleaf Yucca Yucca flaccida Asparagaceae
Soapweed Yucca Yucca glauca Asparagaceae
Pale Yucca, Twistleaf Yucca Yucca pallida Asparagaceae
Thompson's Yucca Yucca thompsoniana Asparagaceae
Don Quixote's Lace Yucca, Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita Yucca treculeana Asparagaceae
New Zealand Flax Phormium tenax Xanthorrhoeaceae

* not winter hardy here--must be taken to non-freezing location to overwinter