The following is a list of official U.S. state grasses.
State | State grass | Scientific name | Image | Year adopted |
---|---|---|---|---|
California | Purple needlegrass | Nassella pulchra | 2004 [1] | |
Colorado | Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | 1987 [2] | |
Illinois |
Big bluestem (state prairie grass) |
Andropogon gerardii | 1989 [3] | |
Kansas | Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius) |
2010 [4] | |
Minnesota |
Wild rice (state grain) |
Zizania aquatica | 1977 [5] | |
Missouri | Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | 2007 [6] | |
Montana | Bluebunch wheatgrass | Agropyron spicatum | 1973 [7] | |
Nebraska | Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius) |
1969 [8] | |
Nevada | Indian ricegrass | Oryzopsis hymenoides | 1977 [9] | |
New Mexico | Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | [10] | |
North Dakota | Western wheatgrass | Pascopyrum smithii (Agropyron smithii) |
[11] | |
Oklahoma | Indian grass | Sorghastrum nutans | 1972 [12] | |
South Carolina | Indian grass | Sorghastrum nutans | 2001 [13] | |
South Dakota | Western wheatgrass | Agropyron smithii | 1970 [14] | |
Texas | Sideoats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | 1971 [15] | |
Utah | Indian ricegrass | Oryzopsis hymenoides | 1990 [16] | |
Washington | Bluebunch wheatgrass | Agropyron spicatum | 1989 [17] | |
Wisconsin |
Corn (state grain) |
Zea mays | 1989 [18] | |
Wyoming | Western wheatgrass | Agropyron smithii | 2007 [19] |
The following is a list of official U.S. state grasses.
State | State grass | Scientific name | Image | Year adopted |
---|---|---|---|---|
California | Purple needlegrass | Nassella pulchra | 2004 [1] | |
Colorado | Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | 1987 [2] | |
Illinois |
Big bluestem (state prairie grass) |
Andropogon gerardii | 1989 [3] | |
Kansas | Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius) |
2010 [4] | |
Minnesota |
Wild rice (state grain) |
Zizania aquatica | 1977 [5] | |
Missouri | Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | 2007 [6] | |
Montana | Bluebunch wheatgrass | Agropyron spicatum | 1973 [7] | |
Nebraska | Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius) |
1969 [8] | |
Nevada | Indian ricegrass | Oryzopsis hymenoides | 1977 [9] | |
New Mexico | Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | [10] | |
North Dakota | Western wheatgrass | Pascopyrum smithii (Agropyron smithii) |
[11] | |
Oklahoma | Indian grass | Sorghastrum nutans | 1972 [12] | |
South Carolina | Indian grass | Sorghastrum nutans | 2001 [13] | |
South Dakota | Western wheatgrass | Agropyron smithii | 1970 [14] | |
Texas | Sideoats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | 1971 [15] | |
Utah | Indian ricegrass | Oryzopsis hymenoides | 1990 [16] | |
Washington | Bluebunch wheatgrass | Agropyron spicatum | 1989 [17] | |
Wisconsin |
Corn (state grain) |
Zea mays | 1989 [18] | |
Wyoming | Western wheatgrass | Agropyron smithii | 2007 [19] |