AGP 363 – Landscape Plants

Plant ID List #3

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ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 

Common Name                                                               Scientific Name                                 Family Name

Big Bluestem                                                                     Andropogon gerardii                          Poaceae

Wild Cane, Wild Bamboo                                                 Arundinaria gigantea                         Poaceae

Pygmy Bamboo                                                                 Arundinaria pygmaea                        Poaceae

Dwarf Whitestripe Bamboo                                              Arundinaria variegata                        Poaceae

Giant Reed Grass                                                             Arundo donax                                      Poaceae

Sideoats /grama                                                               Bouteloua curtipendula                      Poaceae

Feather Reed Grass                                                        Calamagrostis x acutiflora                  Poaceae

River Oats Grass                                                              Chasmanthium latifolium                   Poaceae

Pampas Grass                                                                  Cortaderia selloana                            Poaceae

‘Wind Dancer’ Lovegrass                                                Eragrostis elliottii ‘Wind Dancer’       Poaceae

Blue Fescue                                                                      Festuca glauca                                    Poaceae

Hakone Grass                                                                   Hakonechloa macra ''Aureola'          Poaceae

Blue Oat Grass                                                                 Helictotrichon sempervirens              Poaceae

Japanese Blood Grass                                                    Imperata cylindrica                              Poaceae

Maiden Grass, Silver Grass, Silver Eulalia                    Miscanthus sinensis                           Poaceae

Dwarf Maiden Grass                                                        Miscanthus sinensis var. gracillimus        Poaceae

Variegated Maiden Grass                                               Miscanthus sinensis var. variegatus         Poaceae

Zebra Grass                                                                      Miscanthus sinensis var. zebrinus           Poaceae

Pink Muhly, Gulf Muhly, Hairgrass                                   Muhlenbergia capillaris                           Poaceae

Switchgrass                                                                      Panicum virgatum                                      Poaceae

Perennial Fountain Grass                                               Pennisetum alopecuroides                      Poaceae

* Purple Fountain Grass                                                  Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’              Poaceae

Yellow Groove Bamboo                                                   Phyllostachys aureosulcata                     Poaceae

Sheath Bamboo, Nuda Bamboo                                    Phyllostachys nuda                                   Poaceae

Plume Grass, Ravenna Grass                                        Saccharum ravennae                              Poaceae

Little Bluestem                                                                  Schizachyrium scoparium                       Poaceae

Indiangrass                                                                        Sorghastrum nutans                               Poaceae

Prairie Dropseed                                                             Sporobolus heterolepis                           Poaceae

Mexican Feather Grass                                                   Stipa tenuissima                                    Poaceae

 

YUCCAS and NEW ZEALAND FLAX

Common Name                                                                                  Scientific Name                                 Family Name

Adam’s Needle Yucca                                                                         Yucca filamentosa                                Asparagaceae

Floppy Yucca, Weakleaf Yucca                                                          Yucca flaccida                                       Asparagaceae

Soapweed Yucca                                                                                 Yucca glauca                                         Asparagaceae

Pale Yucca, Twistleaf Yucca                                                               Yucca pallida                                         Asparagaceae

Thompson's Yucca                                                                               Yucca thompsoniana                           Asparagaceae

Don Quixote's Lace Yucca, Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita              Yucca treculeana                                 Asparagaceae

New Zealand Flax                                                                                 Phormium tenax                                  Xanthorrhoeaceae

* not winter hardy here—must be taken to non-freezing location to overwinter