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Badlands National Park Grasses
Badlands National Park
Species Count: 58
Poaceae
Agropyron cristatum
Alopecurus pratensis
Andropogon gerardi
Andropogon hallii
Aristida purpurea
Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua dactyloides
Bouteloua gracilis
Bouteloua hirsuta
Bromus inermis
Bromus japonicus
Bromus squarrosus
Bromus tectorum
Calamovilfa longifolia
Cenchrus longispinus
Dactylis glomerata
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
Distichlis spicata
Echinochloa crus-galli
Elymus albicans
Elymus canadensis
Elymus caninus
Elymus repens
Elymus trachycaulus
Elymus virginicus
Eragrostis cilianensis
Eriocoma hymenoides
Hesperostipa spartea
Hordeum jubatum
Hordeum pusillum
Koeleria macrantha
Lolium pratense
Muhlenbergia cuspidata
Muhlenbergia racemosa
Munroa squarrosa
Nassella viridula
Panicum capillare
Panicum virgatum
Pascopyrum smithii
Pennisetum glaucum
Phleum pratense
Phragmites australis
Piptatheropsis micrantha
Poa
Poa compressa
Poa palustris
Poa pratensis
Poa secunda
Schedonnardus paniculatus
Schizachne purpurascens
Schizachyrium scoparium
Setaria viridis
Spartina pectinata
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Sporobolus heterolepis
Thinopyrum intermedium
Vulpia octoflora