List of U.S. state grasses

{{Short description|none}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}} The following is a '''list of official U.S. state grasses'''. __TOC__ {{clear}}

==Table== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! State !! State grass !! Scientific name !! Image !! Year <br/> adopted <!--|- ! Alabama || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Alaska || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Arizona || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Arkansas || || || || --> |- ! California || Purple needlegrass || ''Nassella pulchra'' || 150px || 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.library.ca.gov/history/symbols.html |title=California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols |access-date=2008-07-14}}</ref> |- ! Colorado || Blue grama || ''Bouteloua gracilis''|| 150px || 1987<ref>{{cite web |title=State Grass |url=https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/state-grass |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906153922/https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/state-grass |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |website=Colorado.gov |publisher=State of Colorado |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> <!-- |- ! Connecticut || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Delaware || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Florida || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Georgia || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Hawaii || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Idaho || || || || --> |- ! Illinois || Big bluestem <br/>(state prairie grass) || ''Andropogon gerardii'' || 150px || 1989<ref>{{cite web |title=State Symbols |url=https://www2.illinois.gov/Pages/About/StateSymbols.aspx |website=Illinois.gov |publisher=State of Illinois |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> <!-- |- ! Indiana || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Iowa ||None||None|||| --> |- ! Kansas || Little bluestem || ''Schizachyrium scoparium'' <br/> (''Andropogon scoparius'')|| 150px || 2010<ref>{{cite web |title=Little Bluestem |url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/little-bluestem/17239 |website=Kansapedia |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> <!-- |- ! Kentucky || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Louisiana || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Maine || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Maryland || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Massachusetts || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Michigan || || || || --> |- ! Minnesota || Wild rice <br/>(state grain) || ''Zizania aquatica'' || 150px || 1977<ref>[https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/symbols "Minnesota State Symbols"]. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 2020-07-22.</ref> <!-- |- ! Mississippi || || || || --> |- ! Missouri || Big bluestem || ''Andropogon gerardii'' || 150px || 2007<ref>{{cite news |title=Big bluestem is now state's official grass |url=http://www.lawnmowerjudge.com/big-blue-stem-becomes-missouri-states-official-grass/}}</ref> |- ! Montana || Bluebunch wheatgrass || ''Agropyron spicatum''|| 150px || 1973<ref>{{cite web |title=1-1-506.State grass, MCA |url=https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/title_0010/chapter_0010/part_0050/section_0060/0010-0010-0050-0060.html |website=Montana State Legislature |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> |- ! Nebraska || Little bluestem || ''Schizachyrium scoparium'' <br/> (''Andropogon scoparius'')|| 150px || 1969<ref>{{cite web |title=Nebraska Revised Statutes §90-112 (2019) - State grass; little blue stem |url=https://law.justia.com/codes/nebraska/2019/chapter-90/statute-90-112/ |website=Justia Law |publisher=Justia |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> |- ! Nevada || Indian ricegrass || ''Oryzopsis hymenoides'' || 150px || 1977<ref>{{cite web |title=NRS: Chapter 235 - State Seal, Motto and Symbols; Gifts and Endowments |url=https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-235.html#NRS235Sec055 |website=Nevada Legislature |publisher=Legislative Council Bureau |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> <!-- |- ! New Hampshire || || || || --> <!-- |- ! New Jersey || || || || --> |- ! New Mexico || Blue grama || ''Bouteloua gracilis'' || 150px || <ref>{{cite web |title=State Grass |url=https://www.sos.state.nm.us/about-new-mexico/state-grass/ |website=New Mexico Secretary of State |publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> <!-- |- ! New York || || || || --> <!-- |- ! North Carolina || || || || --> |- ! North Dakota || Western wheatgrass || ''Pascopyrum smithii'' <br/> (''Agropyron smithii'') || 150px || <ref>{{cite web |title=North Dakota Century Code Title 54, Chapter 54-02 (2019) - State Emblems, Symbols, and Awards |url=https://law.justia.com/codes/north-dakota/2019/title-54/chapter-54-02/ |website=Justia Law |publisher=Justia |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> <!-- |- ! Ohio || || || || --> |- ! Oklahoma || Indian grass || ''Sorghastrum nutans'' || 150px || 1972<ref>{{cite web |title=Oklahoma Symbols {{!}} OHSkids! |url=https://www.okhistory.org/kids/symbols |website=Oklahoma Historical Society |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> <!-- |- ! Oregon || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Pennsylvania || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Rhode Island || || || || --> |- ! South Carolina || Indian grass || ''Sorghastrum nutans'' || 150px || 2001<ref>{{cite web |title=South Carolina State Symbols |url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/studentpage/coolstuff/plants.shtml |website=South Carolina Legislature Online |publisher=South Carolina Legislative Services Agency |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> |- ! South Dakota || Western wheatgrass || ''Agropyron smithii'' || 150px || 1970<ref>{{cite web |title=About the State of South Dakota |url=https://sdsos.gov/general-information/about-state-south-dakota/state-seal-symbols.aspx |website=South Dakota Secretary of State |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> <!-- |- ! Tennessee || || || || --> |- ! Texas || Sideoats grama || ''Bouteloua curtipendula'' || 150px || 1971<ref>{{cite web |title=SCR31_62R |url=https://lrl.texas.gov/LASDOCS/62R/SCR31/SCR31_62R.pdf |website=Legislative Reference Library |publisher=Legislative Reference Library |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> |- ! Utah || Indian ricegrass || ''Oryzopsis hymenoides'' || 150px || 1990<ref>[http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/grass.html Utah State Grass - Indian Ricegrass] from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08</ref> <!-- |- ! Vermont || || || || --> <!-- |- ! Virginia || || || || --> |- ! Washington || Bluebunch wheatgrass || ''Agropyron spicatum'' || 150px || 1989<ref>{{cite web | title = Symbols of Washington State | publisher = Washington State Legislature | url = http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/ | access-date =2007-03-11 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070305110012/http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-03-05}}</ref> <!-- |- ! West Virginia || || || || --> |- ! Wisconsin || Corn<br>(state grain) || ''Zea mays'' || 150px || 1989<ref>{{cite web |title=2009–2010 Wisconsin Blue Book: Wisconsin State Symbols |url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2009_2010/975_symbols.pdf |website=Wisconsin Legislative Documents |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> |- ! Wyoming || Western wheatgrass || ''Agropyron smithii'' || 150px || 2007<ref>{{cite web |title=Wyoming Facts and Symbols |url=http://www.wyo.gov/about-wyoming/wyoming-facts-and-symbols |website=State of Wyoming |publisher=State of Wyoming |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> |- |}

==See also== *Lists of U.S. state insignia

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