List of U.S. state grasses

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B=Template:AmboxTemplate:Main other }} The following is a list of official U.S. state grasses.

Table

State	State grass	Scientific name	Image	Year adopted
California	Purple needlegrass	Nassella pulchra	File:Nassellapulchra.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Colorado	Blue grama	Bouteloua gracilis	File:Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis MN 2007.JPG	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Illinois	Big bluestem (state prairie grass)	Andropogon gerardii	File:Andropogon gerardii.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Kansas	Little bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius)	File:Little Bluestem.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Minnesota	Wild rice (state grain)	Zizania aquatica	File:WildRice23.jpg	1977<ref>"Minnesota State Symbols". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 2020-07-22.</ref>
Missouri	Big bluestem	Andropogon gerardii	File:Andropogon gerardii.jpg	2007<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Montana	Bluebunch wheatgrass	Agropyron spicatum	File:Pseudoroegneria spicata 01.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Nebraska	Little bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius)	File:Andropogon scoparius.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Nevada	Indian ricegrass	Oryzopsis hymenoides	File:White Sands vegetation in cryptobiotic crust.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
New Mexico	Blue grama	Bouteloua gracilis	File:Bouteloua gracilis.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
North Dakota	Western wheatgrass	Pascopyrum smithii (Agropyron smithii)	File:Pascopyrum smithii NRCS-2o.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Oklahoma	Indian grass	Sorghastrum nutans	File:Sorghastrum nutans EPA-2.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
South Carolina	Indian grass	Sorghastrum nutans	File:Sorghastrum nutans EPA-2.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
South Dakota	Western wheatgrass	Agropyron smithii	File:Pascopyrum smithii NRCS-2o.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Texas	Sideoats grama	Bouteloua curtipendula	File:Bouteloua curtipendula.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Utah	Indian ricegrass	Oryzopsis hymenoides	File:White Sands vegetation in cryptobiotic crust.jpg	1990<ref>Utah State Grass - Indian Ricegrass from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08</ref>
Washington	Bluebunch wheatgrass	Agropyron spicatum	File:Pseudoroegneria spicata 01.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Wisconsin	Corn (state grain)	Zea mays	File:Klip kukuruza uzgojen u Međimurju (Croatia).JPG	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Wyoming	Western wheatgrass	Agropyron smithii	File:Pascopyrum smithii NRCS-2o.jpg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Lists of U.S. state insignia