Grasses, Sedges, Rushes

Plants are available individually or in bulk quantity in quart and plug-size containers. All species listed are Michigan native perennial plants, grown from local Michigan seed sources. Availability changes throughout the growing season. Please call or email to place an order or inquire about current availability. For prices and more about our plants, go to Our Plants. To view our searchable plant list, with pictures and additional information, use our Michigan Plants Database Search.

Latin Name
Common Name
  • Andropogon gerardii
    		• Big bluestem grass
  • Brachyelytrum erectum
    		• Long-awned Wood Grass
  • Bromus latiglumis
    		• Ear-leaved brome
  • Calamagrostis canadensis
    		• Blue-joint grass
  • Carex bebbii
    		• Bebb's sedge
  • Carex bicknellii
    		• Prairie sedge
  • Carex cephalophora
    		• Oval-leaf sedge
  • Carex gracillima
    		• Slender sedge
  • Carex grayi
    		• Gray's sedge
  • Carex hirtifolia
    		• Pubescent sedge
  • Carex pensylvanica
    		• Pennsylvania sedge
  • Carex plantaginea
    		• Sedge
  • Carex rosea
    		• Wood sedge
  • Carex sprengelii
    		• Sprengel's sedge
  • Carex stipata
    		• Awl-fruited sedge
  • Carex stricta
    		• Tussock sedge
  • Carex tenera
    		• Quill sedge
  • Carex vulpinoidea
    		• Fox sedge
  • Elymus villosus
    		• Silky wild-rye
  • Eragrostis spectabilis
    		• Tumble grass; purple love grass
  • Hystrix patula
    		• Bottlebrush grass
  • Panicum implicatum
    		• Panic grass
  • Panicum virgatum
    		• Switch grass
  • Schizachyrium scoparius
    		• Little bluestem grass
  • Scirpus atrovirens
    		• Black bulrush
  • Sorghastrum nutans
    		• Indian grass
  • Spartina pectinata
    		• Cordgrass
  • Sporobolus heterolepis
    		• Prairie dropseed