Here is a list of grasses grown in Oregon for seed production. Click on the ‘Common Name’ link for any of the grasses listed below for a detailed description.
(Common Name) | (Scientific Name) |
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Barley - Meadow | Hordeum brachyantherum |
Bentgrass - Creeping | Agrostis stolonifera var. palustris |
Bentgrass - Spike | Agrostis exarata |
Bluegrass - Kentucky | Poa pratensis |
Bluegrass - Pine | Poa scabrella |
Brome - Alaska | Bromus sitchensis |
Brome - California | Bromus carinatus |
Brome - Columbia | Bromus vulgaris |
Buckwheat | Fagopyrum esculentum |
Fescue - Chewing's | Festuca rubra var. commutata |
Fescue - Hard | Festuca brevipila |
Fescue - Native Red | Festuca rubra ssp. rubra |
Fescue - Red Creeping Evergreen | Festuca rubra |
Fescue - Roemer's | Festuca roemeri |
Fescue - Sand | Festuca ammobia |
Fescue - Sheep | Festuca ovina |
Fescue - Tall (Turf-Type) | Festuca arundinacea |
Fescue - Tall (Forage-Type) | Festuca arundinacea |
Fescue - Western | Festuca occidentalis |
Foxtail - Water | Alopecurus geniculatus |
Hairgrass - Slender | Deschampsia elongata |
Hairgrass - Tufted | Deschampsia cespitosa |
Junegrass - Prairie | Koeleria cristata |
Lemmon's Needlegrass | Achnatherum lemmonii |
Oatgrass - California | Danthonia californica |
Oats - Monida | Avena sativa |
Orchardgrass | Dactylis glomerata |
Ryegrass - Annual | Lolium multiflorum |
Ryegrass - Intermediate | Lolium hybridum |
Ryegrass - Perennial (Forage-Type) | Lolium perenne |
Ryegrass - Perennial (Turf-Type) | Lolium perenne |
Sloughgrass - American | Beckmannia syzigachne |
Timothy | Phleum pratense |
Wheat - Soft White Winter | Triticum aestivum |
Wheatgrass - Slender | Elymus trachycaulus |
Wildrye - Blue | Elymus glaucus |