Florida's wild plants
Plant Directory
2,965 native and 1,250 introduced plants, with where each one grows — from the Panhandle to the Keys.
Showing 289–336 of 369 plants in Poaceae
Silky Oat-Grass
Danthonia sericea
Poaceae
Native
Slender Crabgrass
Digitaria filiformis
Poaceae
Native
Slender Indiangrass
Sorghastrum elliottii
Poaceae
Native
Slender Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium tenerum
Poaceae
Native
Slender Sandbur
Cenchrus gracillimus
Poaceae
Native
Slender Spikegrass
Chasmanthium laxum
Poaceae
Native
Slim-Spike Three-Awn Grass
Aristida longespica
Poaceae
Native
Slimflower Lovegrass
Eragrostis gangetica
Poaceae
Introduced
Small-Fruited Witchgrass
Dichanthelium microcarpon
Poaceae
Native
Small-Leaved Witchgrass
Dichanthelium ensifolium
Poaceae
Native
Small-Seeded Panicgrass
Dichanthelium chamaelonche
Poaceae
Native
Smallcane
Lasiacis divaricata
Poaceae
Native
Smooth Crabgrass
Digitaria ischaemum
Poaceae
Introduced
Smooth Witchgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
Poaceae
Native
Smooth-Leaved Witchgrass
Dichanthelium glabrifolium
Poaceae
Smut Grass
Sporobolus indicus
Poaceae
Introduced
Sorghum
Sorghum bicolor
Poaceae
Introduced
Sourgrass
Digitaria insularis
Poaceae
Native
Southeastern Wildrye
Elymus glabriflorus
Poaceae
Native
Southern Sandbur
Cenchrus echinatus
Poaceae
Native
Southern Watergrass
Luziola fluitans
Poaceae
Native
Southern Wiregrass
Aristida beyrichiana
Poaceae
Native
Splitbeard Bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
Poaceae
Native
Sporobolus osceolensis
Poaceae
Imperiled
Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca
Poaceae
Native
Sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum
Poaceae
Introduced
Sugarcane Plumegrass
Erianthus giganteus
Poaceae
Native
Sweet Tanglehead
Heteropogon melanocarpus
Poaceae
NativeInvasive II
Switch Cane
Arundinaria tecta
Poaceae
Native
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Poaceae
Native
Tall Fescue
Lolium arundinaceum
Poaceae
Introduced
Tall Reed
Phragmites karka
Poaceae
Introduced
Tall Threeawn
Aristida patula
Poaceae
NativeEndemic
Tanglehead
Heteropogon contortus
Poaceae
IntroducedInvasive II
Taper-Tip Cup Grass
Eriochloa acuminata
Poaceae
Native
Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides
Poaceae
Native
Thalia Lovegrass
Eragrostis atrovirens
Poaceae
Introduced
Thatching Grass
Hyparrhenia hirta
Poaceae
Introduced
Thatching Grass
Hyparrhenia rufa
Poaceae
IntroducedInvasive II
Thick Ditch Crowngrass
Paspalum arundinaceum
Poaceae
Native
Thick Ditch Crowngrass
Urochloa adspersa
Poaceae
Native
Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
Poaceae
Native
Timor Black Bamboo
Bambusa lako
Poaceae
Toothache Grass
Ctenium aromaticum
Poaceae
Native
Torpedo Grass
Panicum repens
Poaceae
IntroducedInvasive I
Tracy's Bluestem
Anatherum tracyi
Poaceae
Native
Trailing Crabgrass
Digitaria radicosa
Poaceae
Tropical Dropseed
Sporobolus tenuissimus
Poaceae
Sources: verified observations and photos from iNaturalist contributors, descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), and the Florida Invasive Species Council plant list.