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Poaceae
(Gramineae)
Grass Family
For Bamboo, see separate
listing below.
Andropogon gerardii - Big
Bluestem - Ornamental Grass
Arundo donax - Giant Reed
- Invasive Ornamental Grass
Arundo donax 'Versicolor'
- Variegated Giant Reed - Ornamental Grass
Avena sativa - Oats - Edible
Annual
Bouteloua curtipendula -
Side Oats Grama - Ornamental Grass
Buchloe dactyloides - Buffalo
Grass - Turf
Chasmanthium latifolium -
Inland Sea Oats - Ornamental Grass
Cortaderia selloana - Pampas
Grass - Ornamental Grass
Cymbopogon citratus - Lemon
Grass - Tender Perennial Herb
Cymbopogon flexuosus - East
Indian Lemon Grass - Tender Perennial Herb
Cynodon dactylon - Bermuda
Grass - Turf
Hilaria belangeri - Curly
Mesquite - Ornamental Grass
Hordeum vulgare - Barley
- Edible Annual
Miscanthus 'Giganteus' -
Giant Miscanthus - Ornamental Grass - Sometimes sold as Miscanthus floridulus.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'
- 'Adagio' Maiden Grass - Ornamental Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
- 'Gracillimus' Maiden Grass - Ornamental Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Hinjo'
- Compact Zebra Grass - Ornamental Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning
Light' - 'Morning Light' Maiden Grass - Ornamental Grass
Miscanthus sinensis var.
condensatus 'Cabaret' - 'Cabaret' Variegated Maiden Grass - Ornamental
Grass
Miscanthus sinensis var.
condensatus 'Cosmopolitan' - 'Cosmopolitan' Variegated Maiden Grass - Ornamental
Grass
Miscanthus transmorrisonensis
- "Evergreen" Maiden Grass - Ornamental Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris -
Gulf Muhly - Ornamental Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris var.
filipes - Ruby Muhly - Ornamental Grass - This variety is larger than the
species.
Muhlenbergia dubia - Pine
Muhly - Ornamental Grass
Muhlenbergia dubioides -
Weeping Muhly - Ornamental Grass
Muhlenbergia dumosa - Desert
Bamboo - Ornamental Grass
Muhlenbergia dumosa var.
minor - Compact Desert Bamboo - Ornamental Grass
Muhlenbergia emersleyi -
Bull Muhly - Ornamental Grass
Muhlenbergia gigantea - Giant
Muhly - Ornamental Grass
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri
- Lindheimer's Muhly - Ornamental Grass
Muhlenbergia reverchonii
- Seep Muhly - Ornamental Grass
Muhlenbergia rigens - Deer
Muhly - Ornamental Grass
Muhlenbergia X 'Pink Flamingo'
- Muhlenbergia capillaris X Muhlenbergia lindheimeri - Ornamental Grass
Oryza sativa - Rice - Edible
Annual
Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass
- Ornamental Grass
Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'
- Upright Switchgrass - Ornamental Grass
Phalaris arundinacea 'Feesey'
- Variegated Canary Grass - Ornamental Grass
Phragmites australis (communis)
- Common Reed - Ornamental Grass
Poa annua - Annual Bluegrass
- Winter Annual - A weed to some, it is a very common cool-season component
of turf in this region.
Saccharum arundinaceum -
Hardy Sugar Cane - Ornamental Grass
Saccharum officinarum 'Pele's
Smoke' - Purple Sugar Cane - Tender Ornamental Grass
Schizachyrium scoparium -
Little Bluestem - Ornamental Grass
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Kendall
Red'™ - 'Kendall Red'™ Little
Bluestem - Ornamental Grass
Secale cereale - Rye - Edible
Annual
Setaria palmifolia - Indian
Palm Grass - Tender Ornamental Grass
Setaria palmifolia (variegated)
- Variegated Indian Palm Grass - Tender Ornamental Grass
Setaria plicata - Asian Palm
Grass - Tender Ornamental Grass - Might not be so tender after all.
Plants so named, obtained from the U.C. Botanical Garden at Berkeley, have
all resprouted after the cold winter of 2013-2014.
Setaria poiretiana - Mexican
Palm Grass - Half-Hardy Ornamental Grass - The selections grown from seed
collected in high elevation, cloud forest habitats in central Mexico grow
very well in San Antonio and Austin.
Sorghastrum nutans - Indian
Grass - Ornamental Grass
Sorghum bicolor - Sorghum
- Edible Annual
Stenotaphrum secundatum -
St. Augustine Grass - Turf
Stipa tenuissima - Wire Grass
- Ornamental Grass
Thysanolaena maxima - Tiger
Grass - Ornamental Grass - A tall, completely root-hardy perennial for
shady sites.
Tripsacum dactyloides - Eastern
Gama Grass - Ornamental Grass
Triticum aestivum - Wheat
- Edible Annual
Vetiveria zizanioides - Vetiver
- Ornamental Grass
Zea diploperennis - Wild
Corn - Grown as an Annual
Zea mays - Corn - Edible
Annual
Zizania texana - Texas Wild
Rice - Ornamental Grass - A perennial at its type locality, this plant
grows as a prolific, almost weedy, reseeding annual in tubs or water gardens.
It is spectacular in late summer and fall when its spikes reach 10 to 12
feet high, with 4 to 6 foot long leaves. Does best in 3 to 5 gallon pots
of heavy, clay soil (with no organic matter) in 12" to 14" of water. In
cultivation, it can germinate as early as late January and the seedlings
should be protected from hard freezes. Being a heavy feeder, it responds
well to 3 to 5 of the 21-gram, 2-year fertilizer tablets in the pot.
Texas Wild Rice is not endemic
to its type locality, Spring Lake and its surroundings in San Marcos. This
species actually has three known natural habitats - San Marcos River, along
the Trinity River about 100 miles N of Houston. and along the Pearl River
in southern Mississippi. Scientists who feed at the federal trough (the
human parasites of endangered species) will swear that Texas Wild Rice
is a submerged aquatic plant whose survival requires millions of gallons
of spring water of precise chemical composition and temperature. However,
those who have cultivated this species for decades will tell you it is
an invasive weed that thrives in shallow water and moist banks. Under such
care, it grows to 10-12' high and flowers consistenly from July until first
frost and sets abundant seed. It is a marvel of adaptation that it can
even survive as a submerged aquatic. A federal recovery plan reported that
Texas Wild Rice once choked the irrigation ditches downstream from Spring
Lake. Also, a now defunct retail nursery in Austin sold container-grown
Texas Wild Rice in the 1990s. It was grown for a couple of years at the
San Antonio Botanical Garden in the water feature surrounded by the conservatories.
I was told that an endangered species bureaucrat, Jackie M. Poole, was
not amused to see it there.
Zizaniopsis miliacea - Ornamental
Grass
Zizaniopsis miliacea (new
cuktivar) - Ornamental Grass - While the usual form of this native grass
has all green stems, I found and am propagating a clone with the culms
having a deep maroon coloration at the lower parts of each internode. A
cultivar name will be selected when it is released.
Zoysia spp. & hybrids
- Zoysia - Turf - The cultivar, 'El Toro', is outstanding, resistant to
foot-traffic and drought-tolerant.
BAMBOO
While I grow most of these
bamboo species, beginners (and those concerned about invasive forms) should
start with Bambusa multiplex and its many selections as well as
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Arundinaria gigantea ssp.
gigantea - River Cane - Hardy Bamboo
Arundinaria gigantea ssp.
tecta - Switch Cane - Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa beecheyana - Beechey
Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa eutuldoides - Half-Hardy
Bamboo
Bambusa multiplex - Hedge
Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonse
Karr' - Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa multiplex 'Fernleaf'
- Fernleaf Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa multiplex 'Golden
Goddess' - Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa multiplex 'Midori
Green' - Green Alphonse Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa multiplex 'Riviereorum'
- Chinese Goddess Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa multiplex 'Silverstripe'
- Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa multiplex 'Stripestem
Fernleaf' - Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa multiplex 'Tiny Fern'
- Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa oldhamii - Giant
Timber Bamboo - Half-Hardy Bamboo
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textilis - Weaver's Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
I forgive you if your first
reaction on reading the word, bamboo, is complete revulsion. Fewer plants
inspire more horror or curses. While such feelings might be warranted in
the case of the more invasive forms of running bamboos, the clumping types
are innocent. Their spread is naturally restrained. The hardy species of
the genus Bambusa range from small shrubs to arboreal giants exceeding
50 feet tall.
The largest canes in this
black and white photograph are 2.5 inches in diameter and over 30 feet
tall.
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Bambusa textilis 'Kanapaha'
- Royal Bamboo, Wong Chuk - Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa tuldoides 'Clone
X' - Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa tuldoides 'Ventricosa'
- Buddha's Belly Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Chimonobambusa marmorea -
Marbled Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
- Square-Stem Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda
- Walking-Stick Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Hibanobambusa tranquillans
- Hardy Bamboo
Hibanobambusa tranquillans
'Shiroshima' - Hardy Bamboo
Indocalamus latifolius -
Hardy Bamboo
Indocalamus tesselatus -
Hardy Bamboo - Mine flowered sporadically for a few years beginning in
mid 2002 and syrvived.
Otatea acuminata var. aztecorum
- Mexican Weeping Bamboo - NOT RECOMMENDED
Phyllostachys acuta - Hardy
Bamboo
Phyllostachys angusta - Stone
Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys arcana - Hardy
Bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea - Golden
Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea 'Albovariegata'
- Variegated Golden Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea 'Flavescens'
- Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea 'Flavescens-Inversa'
- Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea 'Holochrysa'
- Golden Golden Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea 'Koi'
- Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea 'Takemurai'
- Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys aureosulcata
- Yellow Groove Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys aureosulcata
'Aureocaulis' - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys aureosulcata
'Harbin' - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys aureosulcata
'Spectabilis' - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys bambusoides
- Giant Timber Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys bambusoides
'Allgold' - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys bambusoides
'Castillon' - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys bambusoides
'Castillon Inversa' - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys bambusoides
'Kawadana' - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys bambusoides
'Marliac' - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys bambusoides
'Slender Crookstem' - Slender Crookstem Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys bambusoides
'Tanakae' - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys bambusoides
'White Crookstem' - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys bissetii -
Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys dulcis - Sweetshoot
Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys edulis - Moso
Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys edulis 'Heterocycla'
- Tortoise Shell Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys elegans - Hardy
Bamboo
Phyllostachys glauca - Hardy
Bamboo
Phyllostachys flexuosa -
Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys heteroclada
'Solidstem' - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys iridescens
- Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys makinoi - Makino's
Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys mannii 'Decora'
- Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys meyeri - Meyer's
Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys nidularia -
Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys nigra - Black
Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys nigra 'Bory'
- Bory Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys nigra 'Daikokuchiku'
- Daikokuchiku Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys nigra 'Hale'
- Hale Black Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon'
- Henon Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys nigra 'Megurochiku'
- Megurochiku Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys nigra 'Othello'
- Othello Black Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys nuda - Hardy
Bamboo
Phyllostachys rubromarginata
- Edible Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys violascens
- Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys viridis - Hardy
Timber Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys viridis 'Houzeau'
- Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert
Young' - Variegated Hardy Timber Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Phyllostachys vivax - Hardy
Bamboo
Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis'
- Hardy Bamboo
Pleioblastus chino 'Vaginatus
Variegatus' - Hardy Bamboo
Pleioblastus distichus -
Hardy Bamboo
Pleioblastus fortunei - Hardy
Bamboo
Pleioblastus pygmaeus - Hardy
Bamboo
Pleioblastus simonii - Medake
- Hardy Bamboo
Pseudosasa amabilis - Tonkin
Cane - Hardy Bamboo
Pseudosasa japonica - Arrow
Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Pseudosasa japonica 'Tsutsumiana'
- Onion Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Sasa palmata - Hardy Bamboo
Sasa tsuboiana - Hardy Bamboo
Sasa veitchii - Hardy Bamboo
Sasaella masamuneana 'Albostriata'
- Hardy Bamboo
Semiarundiaria fastuosa -
Temple Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Semiarundiaria fastuosa 'Viridis'
- Green Temple Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Semiarundiaria makinoi -
Hardy Bamboo
Semiarundinaria okuboi -
Hardy Bamboo
Semiarundinaria yashadake
- Hardy Bamboo
Sinobambusa gigantea - Hardy
Bamboo
Sinobambusa intermedia -
Hardy Bamboo
Sinobambusa tootsik - Hardy
Bamboo
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