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List of U.S. state grasses facts for kids

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The following is a list of official U.S. state grasses.

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State State grass Scientific name Image Year
adopted
California Purple needlegrass Nassella pulchra Nassellapulchra.jpg 2004
Colorado Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis MN 2007.JPG 1987
Illinois Big bluestem
(state prairie grass)
Andropogon gerardii Andropogon gerardii.jpg 1989
Kansas Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
(Andropogon scoparius)
Little Bluestem.jpg 2010
Minnesota Wild rice
(state grain)
Zizania aquatica WildRice23.jpg 1977
Missouri Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii Andropogon gerardii.jpg 2007
Montana Bluebunch wheatgrass Agropyron spicatum Pseudoroegneria spicata 01.jpg 1973
Nebraska Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
(Andropogon scoparius)
Andropogon scoparius.jpg 1969
Nevada Indian ricegrass Oryzopsis hymenoides White Sands vegetation in cryptobiotic crust.jpg 1977
New Mexico Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis Bouteloua gracilis.jpg
North Dakota Western wheatgrass Pascopyrum smithii
(Agropyron smithii)
Pascopyrum smithii NRCS-2o.jpg
Oklahoma Indian grass Sorghastrum nutans Sorghastrum nutans EPA-2.jpg 1972
South Carolina Indian grass Sorghastrum nutans Sorghastrum nutans EPA-2.jpg 2001
South Dakota Western wheatgrass Agropyron smithii Pascopyrum smithii NRCS-2o.jpg 1970
Texas Sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula Bouteloua curtipendula.jpg 1971
Utah Indian ricegrass Oryzopsis hymenoides White Sands vegetation in cryptobiotic crust.jpg 1990
Washington Bluebunch wheatgrass Agropyron spicatum Pseudoroegneria spicata 01.jpg 1989
Wisconsin Corn
(state grain)
Zea mays Klip kukuruza uzgojen u Međimurju (Croatia).JPG 1989
Wyoming Western wheatgrass Agropyron smithii Pascopyrum smithii NRCS-2o.jpg 2007

See also

  • Lists of U.S. state insignia
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