Turfgrass Grass and Grass-like Weeds by Scientific Name

A

• Aegilops cylindrica
• Allium vineale*
• Alopecurus spp.
• Andropogon virginicus
• Aristida oliganthus
• Aster dumosum
• Aster pilosus
• Avena fatua

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B

• Bothriochloa ischaemum
• Bothriochloa saccharoides
• Brachiaria platyphylla
• Bromus arvensis
• Bromus catharticus
• Bromus hordaceus
• Bromus japonicus
• Bromus mollis
• Bromus secalinus
• Bromus tectorum

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C

• Cenchrus incertus
• Cenchrus longispinus
• Cenchrus spinifex
• Chloris verticillata
• Chloris virgata
• Cynodon dactylon
• Cyperus esculentus*
• Cyperus iria*
• Cyperus rotundus*

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D

• Digitaria ciliaris
• Digitaria ischaemum
• Digitaria sanguinalis

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E

• Echinochloa colona
• Echinochloa crus-galli
• Eleusine indica
• Elymus repens
• Eragrostis cilianensis
• Eragrostis pectinacea
• Eragrostis spectabilis
• Eriochloa contracta

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H

• Hordeum jubatum
• Hordeum pusillum

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J

• Juncus tenuis*

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K

• Kyllinga brevifolia*

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L

• Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata
• Lolium multiflorum

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M

• Muhlenbergia schreberi

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N

• Nothoscordum bivalve

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O

• Ornithogalum umbellatum*

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P

• Panicum capillare
• Panicum dichotomiflorum
• Paspalum dilatatum
• Paspalum laeve
• Pennisetum alopecuroides
• Poa annua
• Poa bulbosa
• Polypogon monospeliensis

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S

• Schedonnardus paniculatus
• Sclerochloa dura
• Setaria glauca
• Setaria parviflora
• Setaria pumila
• Setaria verticillata
• Setaria viridis
• Sorghum halapense
• Sporobolus vaginiflorus
• Symphyotrichum dumosum
• Symphyotricum pilosum

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T

• Taeniatherum caput-medusae
• Tridens flavus

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U

• Urochloa platyphylla

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V

• Vulpia myuros

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* not true grasses, but other types of monocots

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