Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES
Description
Open panicle grass. Sparse and sprawling
Occurrence
Found on wood edges
Fowl Manna Grass (Glyceria striata)
Category: Grasses
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Grass forming clumps with seeds in loose clusters
Occurrence
Growing in original prairie area
Wild Rice (Zizania palustris)
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES
Description
Grass plant that grows in the water with a leaf floating on the surface. Flowers on a spike with distinct female and male parts.
Occurrence
In the back 40 pond
Plantain-Leaved Sedge (Carex plantaginea)
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Low growing sedge with very wide leaves.
Occurrence
Planted in brush island and fern area woods.
Wiegand’s Wild Rye – Elymus wiegandii
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES
Description
Tall woodland grass with large leaves and long drooping awns
Occurrence
Found in large brush island
Old-pasture Bluegrass – Poa saltuensis
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES
Description
Tall woodland grass with loose panicles
Occurrence
Found in back 40 woods
Bottlebrush Grass – Elymus hystrix
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES
Description
Medium tall grass with distinct seed head – that is like a bottle brush
Occurrence
Surprisingly found in wooded areas or woods edges.
Indian Grass – Sorghastrum nutans
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Grass with reddish brown seed heads
Occurrence
Found in the prairie section and the south east field
Indian Cord Grass – Spartina pectinata
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Tall grass with sickle-shaped seed heads.
Occurrence
Found along the marshy grass areas on the west side of the property
Switchgrass – Panicum virgatum
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Clump forming grass with large, but sparse seed heads.
Occurrence
In south east field