Achnatherum aridum (=Stipa arida). MORMON NEEDLEGRASS. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Navajo counties, at 3200-7000 feet [McD].
Achnatherum x bloomeri (hybrid of Achnatherum hymenoides x A. occidentale; Oryzopsis bloomeri). Perennial. Found in Coconino and Navajo counties at 3500-7000 feet [McD].
Achnatherum hymenoides (=Oryzopsis hymenoides). INDIAN RICEGRASS. Perennial. Found throughout region at 3500-7400 feet [McD].
Achnatherum lettermanii (=Stipa lettermanii). LETTERMAN'S NEEDLEGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties, 5200-8500 feet [McD].
Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. nelsonii (=Stipa columbiana var. nelsonii misapplied). COLUMBIA NEEDLEGRASS. Perennial. Collected in Grand Canyon National Park [McD].
Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. dorei (=Stipa columbiana misapplied). DORE'S NEEDLEGRASS. Perennial. Reported from Yavapai and Coconino counties, 5000-8000 feet [McD].
Achnatherum parishii var. depauperatum (=Stipa coronata var. depauperata). LITTLE PARISH'S NEEDLEGRASS. Perennial. Found in Grand Canyon, Coconino County [McD].
Achnatherum robustum (=Stipa robusta). SLEEPYGRASS. Perennial. Found or reported in Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties at 6000-8000 feet [McD].
Achnatherum scribneri (=Stipa scribneri). SCRIBNER NEEDLEGRASS. Perennial. Along trails in Grand Canyon, Coconino County, between 5000-7000 feet [McD].
Achnatherum speciosum (=Stipa speciosa). DESERT NEEDLEGRASS. Perennial. Found throughout region at 2000-7000 feet [McD].
Aegilops cylindrica. JOINTED GOATGRASS. Annual. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, at ca. 5300-7000 feet [McD].
Agropyron desertorum. DESERT WHEATGRASS. Perennial. Found in Mohave, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5000-9000 feet [McD].
Agrostis exarata. SPIKE BENTGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 3400-9000 feet [McD].
Agrostis gigantea (=Agrostis alba misapplied). REDTOP. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, mostly at 5000-7200 feet [McD].
Agrostis idahoensis. IDAHO REDTOP. IDAHO BENTGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 5200-9000 feet [McD].
Agrostis scabra. ROUGH BENTGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 6000-11,000 feet [McD].
Agrostis stolonifera (=Agrostis palustris). CREEPING BENT. CREEPING BENTGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai and Coconino counties, at 3600-7200 feet [McD].
Alopecurus aequalis. SHORT-AWN FOXTAIL. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties, 5000-9000 feet [McD].
Alopecurus carolinianus. CAROLINE FOXTAIL. Annual. Found at Foxboro Lake, in Coconino County, at ca. 5000 feet [McD].
Alopecurus geniculatus. WATER FOXTAIL. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties, 2000-9000 feet [McD].
Andropogon gerardii. BIG BLUESTEM. Perennial. Reported from Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 4000-7000 feet [McD].
Andropogon glomeratus. BUSHY BLUESTEM. Perennial. Reported from Mohave and Coconino counties up to 4500 feet [McD].
Andropogon hallii. SAND BLUESTEM. Perennial. Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5700-7300 feet [McD].
Aristida adscenscionis. SIX-WEEKS THREE-AWN. Annual. Found throughout region up to 6000 feet but usually lower [McD].
Aristida arizonica. ARIZONA THREE-AWN. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Navajo counties, 4500-8000 feet [McD].
Aristida californica. CALIFORNIA THREE-AWN. Perennial. Found in Mohave County [McD].
Aristida californica var. glabrata (=Aristida glabrata). SANTA RITA THREE-AWN. Perennial. Reported in southern Navajo County [McD].
Aristida divaricata. POVERTY THREE-AWN. Perennial. Found or reported in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, mostly at 5000-7000 feet [McD].
Aristida havardii (=Aristida barbata). HAVARD THREE-AWN. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, at medium elevations [McD].
Aristida oligantha. PRAIRIE THREE-AWN. Annual. Found or reported in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5500-7500 feet [McD].
Aristida pansa. WOOTON'S THREE-AWN. Perennial. Reported in Coconino County, up to 5000 feet [McD].
Aristida purpurea. PURPLE THREE-AWN. Perennial. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, at 3300-7000 feet [McD].
Aristida purpurea var. fendleriana (=Aristida fendleriana) FENDLER THREE-AWN. Perennial. Found throughout region at 3000-7000 feet [McD].
Aristida purpurea var. longiseta (=Aristida longiseta) RED THREE-AWN. FENDLER THREE-AWN. Perennial. Found or reported throughout region, 3000-7000 feet [McD].
Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi (=Aristida glauca) BLUE THREE-AWN. Perennial. Found or reported in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino and Navajo counties 5000 feet or lower [McD].
Aristida purpurea var. parishii (=Aristida parishii). PARISH'S THREE-AWN. Perennial. Found in Mohave and Yavapai counties, 1500-4000 feet [McD].
Aristida purpurea var. wrightii (=Aristida wrightii). WRIGHT'S THREE-AWN. Perennial. Found in Mohave and Yavapai counties, 1000-5000 feet [McD].
Aristida schiedeana var. orcuttiana (=Aristida orcuttiana). ORCUTT'S THREE-AWN. Perennial. Reported in Yavapai and Navajo counties, at 4000-7000 feet [McD].
Aristida ternipes. SPIDER GRASS. Perennial. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, up to 6000 feet [McD].
Aristida ternipes var. gentilis (=Aristida hamulosa). SPIDER GRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai and Coconino counties at 3500-5500 feet [McD].
Arrhenatherum elatius. TALL OATGRASS. Perennial. Reported in Yavapai County near Prescott at about 5300 feet, found in Coconino County at about 6500-7500 feet [McD].
Arundo donax. GIANT REED. Perennial. Found on the Hopi Reservation in Navajo County [McD].
Avena fatua. WILD OAT. Annual. Found or reported in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties, at ca. 4000-7200 feet [McD].
Avena sativa. CULTIVATED OAT. COMMON OAT. Annual. Found in Yavapai County, may be found throughout region [McD].
Beckmannia syzigachne. AMERICAN SLOUGHGRASS. Annual. Found in Coconino and Apache counties, at 7500-8500 feet [McD].
Blepharoneuron tricholepis. PINE DROPSEED. Perennial. Found throughout region at 2500-10,000 feet [McD].
Bothriochloa barbinodis (=Andropogon barbinodis). CANE BLUESTEM. Perennial. Throughout region at 3500-6800 feet [McD].
Bothriochloa saccharoides (=Andropogon saccharoides). SILVER BLUESTEM. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 3500-5500 feet [McD].
Bouteloua aristidoides. NEEDLE GRAMA. Annual. Found in Mohave and Coconino counties, up tp 5500 feet [McD].
Bouteloua barbata. SIX-WEEKS GRAMA. Annual. Found or reported throughout region at 5500 feet or lower [McD].
Bouteloua curtipendula. SIDE-OATS GRAMA. Perennial. Found throughout the region up to 7000 feet [McD].
Bouteloua eriopoda. BLACK GRAMA. Perennial. Found throughout region, at 3000-5500 feet [McD].
Bouteloua gracilis. BLUE GRAMA. Perennial. Found throughout region at 1000-8000 feet [McD].
Bouteloua hirsuta. HAIRY GRAMA. Perennial. Found throughout region at 1000-6500 feet [McD].
Bouteloua parryi. PARRY'S GRAMA. Annual. Reported only in Mohave County, 3000-5000 feet [McD].
Bouteloua radicosa. PURPLE GRAMA. Perennial. Reported in Apache County, 4500-7000 feet [McD].
Bouteloua repens (=Bouteloua filiformis). SLENDER GRAMA. Perennial. Found in Mohave County below 5000 feet [McD].
Bouteloua rothrockii. ROTHROCK'S GRAMA. Perennial. Reported in Mohave and Yavapai counties, up to 5000 feet [McD].
Bouteloua simplex. MATTED GRAMA. Annual. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties, up to 7000 feet [McD].
Bouteloua trifida. RED GRAMA. Perennial. Found in Mohave and Coconino counties, 2000-4000 feet [McD].
Bromus arizonicus. ARIZONA BROME. Annual. Found or reported in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties, mostly below 5000 feet, but sometimes as high as 9500 feet [McD].
Bromus arvensis. FIELD BROME. Annual. Reported from Coconino and Apache counties [McD].
Bromus berterianus (=Bromus trinii; Bromus trinii var. excelsus). CHILEAN CHESS. Reported from Mohave and Yavapai counties [McD, B. trinii]; reported from near Meade Lake in Mohave County [McD, B. trinii var. excelsus].
Bromus carinatus. CALIFORNIA BROME. Annual, biennial or perennial. Found or reported in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties at 3200-9000 feet [McD].
Bromus catharticus. RESCUE GRASS. Annual or biennial. Reported throughout region [McD].
Bromus ciliatus var. richardsonii (=Bromus richardsonii). FRINGED BROME. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, up to 11,500 feet [McD].
Bromus commutatus. MEADOW BROME. Annual. Reported from Coconino County [McD].
Bromus frondosus. WEEPING BROME. Perennial. Reported from Coconino County [McD].
Bromus hordeaceus (=Bromus mollis misapplied). SOFT BROME. Annual. Reported from Grand Canyon in Coconino County [McD].
Bromus inermis. SMOOTH BROME. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 5450-10,000 feet [McD].
Bromus japonicus. JAPANESE CHESS. JAPANESE BROME. Annual. Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at ca. 5000-7200 feet [McD].
Bromus lanatipes (=Bromus porteri var. lanatipes). WOOLLY BROME. Perennial. Reported in Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties [McD].
Bromus madritensis. COMPACT BROME. Annual. Reported from Coconino County [McD].
Bromus marginatus. MOUNTAIN BROME. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 3200-9500 feet [McD].
Bromus polyanthus. GREAT BASIN BROME. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties, and probably elsewhere [McD].
Bromus porteri. PORTER BROME. Perennial. Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 5500-11,500 feet [McD].
Bromus racemosus. BALD BROME. Annual. Reported from a roadside in Grand Canyon National Park [McD].
Bromus rigidus. RIPGUT GRASS. RIPGUT BROME. Annual. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, at 3200-4600 feet [McD].
Bromus rubens. RED BROME. Annual. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, mostly at 2000-4000 feet [McD].
Bromus secalinus. RYE BROME. Annual. Reported to have been collected in Grand Canyon National Park [McD].
Bromus tectorum. CHEAT. CHEATGRASS. Annual. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties [McD].
Buchloe dactyloides. BUFFALO GRASS. Perennial. Reported north of Ash Fork in Coconino County at ca. 5500 feet [McD].
Calamagrostis canadensis. BLUEJOINT. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 7500-12,000 feet [McD].
Calamagrostis scopulorum. DITCH REEDGRASS. Perennial. Reported on the north side of Grand Canyon in Coconino County, at ca. 7000 feet [McD].
Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa (=Calamagrostis inexpansa). NORTHERN REEDGRASS. Perennial. Reported in Coconino and Apache counties, mostly above 5000 feet, sometimes lower [McD].
Calamovilfa gigantea. BIG SANDREED. GIANT SANDREED. Perennial. Found in Navajo and Apache counties, at ca. 5000-6000 feet, reported from Coconino County [McD].
Cenchrus spinifex (=Cenchrus pauciflorus). FIELD SANDBUR. COASTAL SANDBUR. Annual or perennial. Found throughout region below 6000 feet [McD].
Chloris crinita (=Trichloris crinita). FALSE RHODES GRASS. Perennial. Collected near Pecks Lake, Yavapai County, at ca. 3500 feet [McD].
Chloris virgata. FEATHER FINGERGRASS. Annual. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 5500 feet and lower [McD].
Cynodon dactylon. BERMUDA GRASS. Perennial. Found throughout region, mostly below 6000 feet [McD].
Dactylis glomerata. ORCHARD GRASS. Perennial. Found or reported in Mohave, Coconino, and Navajo counties, mostly above 5000 feet [McD].
Danthonia intermedia. TIMBER OATGRASS. Perennial. Reported along the Mogollon Rim in Coconino County, and in the White Mountains in Apache County, at 7500 feet or higher [McD].
Dasyochloa pulchella (=Tridens pulchellus). FLUFFGRASS. LOW WOOLLYGRASS. Perennial. Found throughout region up to 6000 feet [McD].
Deschampsia caespitosa. TUFTED HAIRGRASS. Perennial. Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 7500-9500 feet [McD].
Deschampsia elongata. SLENDER HAIRGRASS. Perennial. Reported in the Virgin Mountains in northern Mohave County at ca. 4000 feet [McD].
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum (=Panicum huachucae). WESTERN PANICGRASS. Perennial. Reported from the Grand Canyon, Coconino County, at 3000-8500 feet [McD].
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum (Panicum scribnerianum). SCRIBNER'S ROSETTE GRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 4000-6000 feet [McD].
Digitaria californica (=Trichachne californica). COTTONTOP. ARIZONA COTTONTOP. Perennial. Reported in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties at 1000-6000 feet [McD].
Digitaria sanguinalis. HAIRY CRABGRASS. Annual. Verde Valley, Yavapai County, and reported in Havasu Canyon in Coconino County [McD].
Distichlis spicata (=Distichlis stricta). INLAND SALTGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at ca. 3500-6000 feet [McD].
Echinochloa colona. JUNGLE-RICE. Annual. Reported from southern Yavapai County [McD].
Echinochloa crus-galli. BARNYARD GRASS. Annual. Throughout region up to 7000 feet [McD].
Elionurus barbiculmis (genus also spelled Elyonurus). WOOLYSPIKE BALSAMSCALE. Perennial. Reported in Mohave County, mostly between 4000-6000 feet [McD].
Elymus canadensis. CANADA WILD-RYE. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 3000-7500 feet [McD].
Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius (=Sitanion longifolium). SQUIRRELTAIL. Perennial. Throughout region at 2000-11,500 feet [McD].
Elymus glaucus. BLUE WILD-RYE. Perennial. Found in Yavapai and Coconino counties at 3500-8000 feet [McD].
Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus (=Agropyron dasystachyum; A. riparium). STREAMBANK WHEATGRASS. Perennial. Found between Grasshopper and Cibeque in southern Navajo County at ca. 6000 feet [McD, A. dasystachyum]; Kaibab Plateau in Coconino County, at ca. 8500 feet [McD, A. riparium].
Elymus multisetus (=Sitanion jubatum). BIG SQUIRRELTAIL. Perennial. Reported from the Black Mountains of Mohave County and from Grand Canyon in Coconino County [McD].
Elymus x pseudorepens (=Agropyron pseudorepens; hybrid of Elymus lanceolatus x E. trachycaulus). FALSE QUACKGRASS. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 8000-9500 feet [McD].
Elymus repens (=Agropyron repens). QUACKGRASS. Perennial. Found in Coconino County, 6700-8500 feet [McD].
Elymus x saundersii (=Agropyron saundersii; hybrid of Elymus elymoides x E. trachycaulus). Perennial. Found in southern Coconino County, at ca. 7000 feet [McD].
Elymus scribneri (=Agropyron scribneri). SPREADING WHEATGRASS. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties at 10,000-13,000 feet [McD].
Elymus trachycaulus (=Agropyron trachycaulum). SLENDER WHEATGRASS. Perennial. Throughout region at 5000-12,000 feet [McD].
Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus (=Agropyron subsecundum). SLENDER WHEATGRASS. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties at 7000-12,000 feet [McD].
Elymus virginicus. VIRGINIA WILD-RYE. Perennial. Found in Yavapai County at ca. 3200 feet [McD].
Enneapogon desvauxii. SPIKE PAPPUSGRASS. NINEAWN PAPPUSGRASS. Perennial. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, mostly between 3000-6000 feet [McD].
Eragrostis cilianensis. STINKGRASS. Annual. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties up to 6000 feet [McD].
Eragrostis curvula. WEEPING LOVEGRASS. Perennial. Found in northern Yavapai and southern Coconino counties, at ca. 6000-7000 feet [McD].
Eragrostis intermedia. PLAINS LOVEGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, southern Coconino, and southern Navajo counties, 3500-6800 feet [McD].
Eragrostis lehmanniana. LEHMANN LOVEGRASS. Perennial. Found in southern Coconino County, at 5000-6600 feet [McD].
Eragrostis mexicana (=Eragrostis neomexicana). MEXICAN LOVEGRASS. Annual. Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, at 4000-8500 feet [McD].
Eragrostis pectinacea (=Eragrostis diffusa). TUFTED LOVEGRASS. Annual. Found or reported throughout region up to 7000 feet [McD].
Eragrostis spectabilis. PURPLE LOVEGRASS. Perennial. Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties at 7000 feet or lower [McD].
Eriochloa acuminata var. acuminata (=Eriochloa gracilis). TAPERTIP CUPGRASS. Annual. Reported only in southern Yavapai County, at 5000 feet and lower [McD].
Erioneuron pilosum (=Tridens pilosus). HAIRY WOOLLYGRASS. Perennial. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties at 2500-5700 feet [McD].
Festuca arizonica. ARIZONA FESCUE. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 2500-9500 feet [McD].
Festuca brachyphylla ssp. brachyphylla (=Festuca ovina var. brachyphylla). ALPINE FESCUE. Perennial. Found on San Francisco Mountain in Coconino County at 12,000 feet and higher and reported in Apache County [McD].
Festuca idahoensis. IDAHO FESCUE. Perennial. Reported from San Francisco Mountain in Coconino County and the White Mountains in Apache County [McD].
Festuca ovina. SHEEP FESCUE. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties, mostly above 7000 feet [McD].
Festuca rubra. RED FESCUE. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties, at 8500-11,000 feet [McD].
Festuca sororia. RAVINE FESCUE. Perennial. Found in Coconino County at 7500-11,000 feet [McD].
Glyceria borealis. NORTHERN MANNAGRASS. SMALL FLOATING MANNAGRASS. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 7500-9000 feet [McD].
Glyceria grandis. AMERICAN MANNAGRASS. Perennial. Collected in the White Mountains, Apache County at 7000-7500 feet [McD].
Glyceria striata (=Glyceria elata). FOWL MANNAGRASS. TALL MANNAGRASS. Found in Coconino and Apache counties at 5000-9000 feet [McD, G. elata]; found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties at 6000-9000 feet [McD, G. striata].
Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata (=Stipa comata). NEEDLE-AND-THREAD. Perennial. Found throughout region at 3500-8500 feet [McD].
Hesperostipa comata ssp. intermedia (=Stipa comata var. intermedia). INTERMEDIATE NEEDLE AND THREAD. Perennial. Reported in Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties [McD].
Hesperostipa neomexicana (=Stipa neomexicana). NEW MEXICO FEATHERGRASS. Perennial. Found throughout region at 3500-7000 feet [McD].
Heteropogon contortus. TANGLEWEED. Perennial. Found or reported in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, at 1000-5500 feet [McD].
Hierochloe sp. (=Hierochloe odorata misapplied?). SWEETGRASS. Perennial. It is unclear what the correct name of this taxon is, which is listed as H. odorata in McDougall. PLANTS database shows the US range of H. odorata as confined to the northeastern states; the name has also been used for an Hierochloe which PLANTS calls Hierochloe alpina ssp. alpina, but which it also indicates as restricted to Alaska. Whatever its correct name, it is reproted from Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties at 7000 feet and higher [McD].
Hilaria belangeri. CURLY-MESQUITE. Perennial. Found in Yavapai County at 3500-6000 feet [McD].
Holcus lanatus. VELVET GRASS. COMMON VELVETGRASS. Perennial. Found in southern Coconino County at 6500-7000 feet [McD].
Hordeum brachyantherum. MEADOW BARLEY. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties up to 10,000 feet [McD].
Hordeum jubatum. FOXTAIL BARLEY. Perennial. Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 5900-7500 feet [McD].
Hordeum marinum ssp. gussonianum (=Hordeum hystrix). MEDITERRANEAN BARLEY. Annual. Reported from Yavapai and Coconino counties [McD].
Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum (=Hordeum leporinum). LEPORINUM BARLEY. Annual. Found in Mohave, Yavapai and Coconino counties up to 9000 feet [McD].
Hordeum pusillum. LITTLE BARLEY. Annual. Reported from Yavapai, Navajo, and Apache counties, 6000 feet and lower [McD].
Imperata brevifolia. SATINTAIL. CALIFORNIA SATINTAIL. Perennial. Reported from Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties up to 6000 feet [McD].
Koeleria macrantha (=Koeleria cristata misapplied). JUNEGRASS. PRAIRIE JUNEGRASS. Perennial. Throughout region up to 8500 feet [McD].
Leptochloa dubia. GREEN SPRANGLETOP. Perennial. Found in Yavapai County mostly between 3000-5000 feet [McD].
Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis (=Leptochloa fascicularis). BEARDED SPRANGLETOP. Perennial. Reported from Navajo County at 1500-5000 feet [McD].
Leptochloa fusca ssp. uninervia (=Leptochloa uninervia). MEXICAN SPRANGLETOP. Annual or perennial. Reported from Mohave County at 3500 feet and lower [McD].
Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata (=Leptochloa filiformis). RED SPRANGLETOP. MUCRONATE SPRANGLETOP. Annual or perennial. Found or reported in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties at 3000-5000 feet [McD].
Leymus cinereus (=Elymus cinereus). BASIN WILD-RYE. Perennial. Found or reported in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties at ca. 5000 feet [McD].
Leymus salinus (=Elymus salinus). SALINE WILD-RYE. Perennial. Reported from Coconino and Apache counties at ca. 5000 feet or lower [McD].
Leymus triticoides (=Elymus triticoides). BEARDLESS WILD-RYE. Perennial. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino and Navajo counties at 2500-7000 feet [McD].
Lolium perenne ssp. perenne. PERENNIAL RYEGRASS. Perennial. Found in Coconino County and possibly also Mohave County [McD].
Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum. ITALIAN RYEGRASS. Annual to perennial. Reported from Grand Canyon National Park along Colorado River and along Park Entrance of North Rim, 3000-8800 feet [PP&B].
Lolium pratense (=Festuca elatior). MEADOW RYEGRASS. Perennial. Reported from Navajo and Apache counties at ca. 7000 feet [McD].
Lycurus phleoides. WOLFTAIL. COMMON WOLFSTAIL. Perennial. Throughout region at 4000-6700 feet [McD].
Melica porteri. PORTER'S MELICGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai and Coconino counties at 3500-8000 feet [McD].
Melica porteri var. laxa. PORTER'S MELICGRASS. Perennial. Reported from Oak Creek Canyon in Coconino County [McD].
Monroa squarrosa. FALSE BUFFALOGRASS. Annual. Throughout region at 4000-7000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia andina. FOXTAIL MUHLY. Perennial. Found or reported in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 6000-8000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia arenicola. SAND MUHLY. Perennial. Found in Mohave and Yavapai counties at 4000-7000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia asperifolia. SCRATCHGRASS. Perennial. Found or reported in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 4000-6500 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia curtifolia. UTAH MUHLY. Perennial. Reported in Coconino and Apache counties at 6500-8000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia depauperata. SIXWEEKS MUHLY. Annual. Reported from Coconino County, 5000-7000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia dubia. PINE MUHLY. Perennial. Collected in Big Canyon, Apache Indian Reservation, southern Navajo County [McD].
Muhlenbergia emersleyi. BULLGRASS. Perennial. Found or reported in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties, 3500-6500 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia filiformis. PULL-UP MUHLY. Annual. Reported in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties at 7000-9000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia fragilis. DELICATE MUHLY. Annual. Reported from Mohave and Yavapai counties at 3400-6500 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia longiligula. LONGTONGUE MUHLY. Perennial. Reported from Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 5000-9000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia microsperma. LITTLESEED MUHLY. Annual. Reported from Mohave and Yavapai counties and from Grand Canyon in Coconino County, mostly at 1000-4500 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia minutissima. ANNUAL MUHLY. Annual. Found or reported in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 4000-9000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia montana. MOUNTAIN MUHLY. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties at 4500-9500 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia pauciflora. NEW MEXICO MUHLY. Perennial. Found or reported in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties at 4000-8000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia polycaulis. CLIFF MUHLY. Perennial. Found in West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon, Coconino County, at 5575 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia porteri. BUSH MUHLY. Perennial. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties at 2000-6000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia peruviana (=Muhlenbergia pulcherrima). PERUVIAN MUHLY. Annual. Reported from the White Mountains of Apache County at 8000-9500 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia pungens. SANDHILL MUHLY. Perennial. Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties at 5000-7000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia racemosa. MARSH MUHLY. Perennial. Found or reported in Coconino and Apache counties, at 3700-8000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia ramulosa (=Muhlenbergia wolfii). Annual. GREEN MUHLY. Found in Coconino and Apache counties at 7000-10,000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia repens. CREEPING MUHLY. Perennial. Found or reported in Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties at 3500-5000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia richardsonis. MAT MUHLY. Perennial. Found or reported in Coconino and Apache counties at 7000-8700 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia rigens. DEERGRASS. Perennial. Found or reported in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 3500-7500 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia sinuosa. MARSHLAND MUHLY. Annual. Reported from Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties, at 3400-7000 feet [McD, where misspelled M. sinuata in the text].
Muhlenbergia sylvatica. WOODLAND MUHLY. Perennial. Reported from Grapevine Creek, Mohave County, at ca. 2500 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia tenuifolia (=Muhlenbergia monticola). SLIMFLOWER MUHLY. Perennial. Found in Coconino County at 6700 feet and lower [McD].
Muhlenbergia thurberi. THURBER'S MUHLY. Perennial. Reported in Apache County at ca. 6000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia torreyi. RING MUHLY. Perennial. Throughout region at 4000-7000 feet [McD].
Muhlenbergia virescens. SCREWLEAF MUHLY. Perennial. Found in Coconino County and reported in Apache County [McD].
Muhlenbergia wrightii. SPIKE MUHLY. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 5500-9000 feet [McD].
Nassella viridula (=Stipa viridula). GREEN NEEDLEGRASS. Perennial. Reported from Apache County at 7100 feet [McD].
Panicum antidotale. BLUE PANIC. BLUE PANICUM. Perennial. Found in Yavapai County at ca. 4000 feet [McD].
Panicum bulbosum (=Panicum plenum). BULB PANICGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 4000-8000 feet [McD, P. bulbosum]; reported from the Hualapai Mountains in Mohave County [McD, P. plenum].
Panicum capillare. WITCHGRASS. Annual. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 4900-8000 feet [McD].
Panicum hallii. HALL'S PANICGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai and Coconino counties, 4900-5700 feet [McD].
Panicum hirticaule. MEXICAN PANICGRASS. Annual. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 3500-7500 feet [McD].
Panicum miliaceum. BROOMCORN MILLET. Annual. Found in Coconino County at ca. 7100 feet [McD].
Panicum mohavense. MOJAVE PANICUM. MOJAVE PANICGRASS. Annual. Northern Mohave County, Main Street Valley; 4500-5250 feet [ARPC].
Panicum obtusum. VINE-MESQUITE. Perennial. Found or reported throughout region, at 1000-6000 feet [McD].
Panicum virgatum. SWITCHGRASS. Perennial. Found or reported in Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, at 3500-7000 feet [McD].
Pascopyrum smithii (=Agropyron smithii). WESTERN WHEATGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 3000-9000 feet [McD].
Paspalum dilatatum. DALLIS GRASS. Perennial. Known from a 1932 collection made of Springerville, Apache County [McD].
Paspalum distichum. KNOTGRASS. Perennial. Found or reported in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 3500-5700 feet [McD].
Pennisetum glaucum (=Setaria lutescens). PEARL MILLET. Annual. Found or reported in Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties at 3700-7500 feet [McD].
Phalaris arundinacea. REED CANARYGRASS. Perennial. Known from a connection at "Crater Lake" in Coconino County at ca. 8000 feet [McD].
Phalaris canariensis. ANNUAL CANARYGRASS. Annual. Known from a collection from Flagstaff, Coconino County, at ca. 6900 feet [McD].
Phalaris caroliniana. CAROLINA CANARYGRASS. Annual. Found in Yavapai County, at 1000-6000 feet [McD].
Phleum alpinum. MOUNTAIN TIMOTHY. ALPINE TIMOTHY. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties at 9000-12,000 feet [McD].
Phleum pratense. TIMOTHY. Perennial. Found or reported in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 4000-9500 feet [McD].
Phragmites australis (=Phragmites communis). COMMON REED. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 6000 feet or lower [McD].
Piptatherum micranthum (=Oryzopsis micrantha). LITTLESEED RICEGRASS. Perennial. Reported from Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties at 2000-7000 feet [McD].
Piptatherum miliaceum (=Oryzopsis miliacea). SMILOGRASS. Reported in Havasu Canyon, Coconino County [McD].
Piptochaetium pringlei (=Stipa pringlei). PRINGLE'S SPEARGRASS. Perennial. Reported from Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties, at 5000-9000 feet [McD].
Pleuraphis jamesii (=Hilaria jamesii). GALLETA. JAMES' GALLETA. Perennial. Found throughout region, 3500-7000 feet [McD].
Pleuraphis mutica (=Hilaria mutica). TOBOSA GRASS. Perennial. Found in Mohave and Yavapai counties at 2000-6000 feet [McD].
Pleuraphis rigida (=Hilaria rigida). BIG GALLETA. Perennial. Found in Mohave and Yavapai counties up to 4000 feet [McD].
Poa annua. ANNUAL BLUEGRASS. Annual. Found or reported in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties at 2500-8000 feet [McD].
Poa arida (=Poa glaucifolia). PLAINS BLUEGRASS. Perennial. Found in Grand Canyon in Coconino County and in the White Mountains of Apache County, at 4000-9500 feet [McD, P. arida]; reported from San Francisco Mountain in Coconino County [McD, P. glaucifolia].
Poa bigelovii. BIGELOW'S BLUEGRASS. Annual. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties, at 1000-6000 feet [McD].
Poa compressa. CANADA BLUEGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 6500-8500 feet [McD].
Poa fendleriana. MUTTONGRASS. Perennial. Throughout region at 3500-11,500 feet [McD].
Poa glauca ssp. rupicola (=Poa rupicola). TIMBERLINE BLUEGRASS. Perennial. Found on San Francisco Mountain in Coconino County between 11,000-12,500 feet [McD].
Poa nemoralis ssp. interior (=Poa interior). INLAND BLUEGRASS. Perennial. Found only in Coconino County at 5000-12,000 feet [McD].
Poa pratensis. KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS. Perennial. Found throughout region [McD].
Poa reflexa. NODDING BLUEGRASS. Perennial. Found on San Francisco Mountain in Coconino County above 8000 feet [McD].
Poa secunda (=Poa canbyi; Poa nevadensis). SANDBERG BLUEGRASS. Perennial. Known from a collection at Mokiak Spring in northern Mohave County at ca. 3000 feet [McD, P. canbyi]; found in Coconino County at ca. 7250 feet [McD, P. nevadensis].
Polypogon interruptus. DITCH RABBITSFOOT GRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties up to 7500 feet [McD].
Polypogon monspeliensis. RABBITFOOT GRASS. ANNUAL RABBITSFOOT GRASS. Annual. Found throughout region at 1500-8200 feet [McD].
Polypogon viridis (=Agrostis semiverticillata). WATER BENT. BEARDLESS RABBITSFOOT GRASS. Perennial. Found throughout region at 3500-7500 feet [McD].
Pseudelymus x saxicola (=Agropyron saxicola; hybrid of Elymus elymoides x Pseudoroegneria spicata). FOXTAIL WHEATGRASS. Perennial. Found near Prescott in Yavapai County, at ca. 5300 feet [McD].
Pseudoroegneria spicata (=Agropyron spicatum). BLUEBUNCH WHEATGRASS. Perennial. Reported from Hualapai Mountain in Mohave County [McD].
Puccinellia fasciculata. SALTMARSH ALKALIGRASS. Perennial. Known only from near Winslow in Navajo County [McD].
Puccinellia nuttalliana (=Puccinellia airoides). NUTTALL'S ALKALIGRASS. Perennial. Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties at 4000-7500 feet [McD].
Puccinellia parishii. BOG ALKALIGRASS. PARISH'S ALKALI GRASS. Annual. Found in Navajo and Coconino counties at 5000-6000 feet [McD]. Western Yavapai County; north-central Coconino County; far northeastern corner of Apache County; 2950-6070 feet [ARPC].
Redfieldia flexuosa. BLOWOUT GRASS. Perennial. Known from a single collection on the Hopi Indian Reservation in Navajo County [McD].
Schedonnardus paniculatus. TUMBLEGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 3500-7000 feet [McD].
Schismus barbatus. COMMON MEDITERRANEAN GRASS. Annual. Found in Mohave and Yavapai counties, at 1000-5000 feet [McD].
Schizachyrium cirratum (=Andropogon cirratus). TEXAS BLUESTEM. Reported in Yavapai and Coconino counties at 2000-7500 feet [McD].
Schizachyrium sanguineum var. hirtiflorum (=Andropogon hirtiflorus var. feensis). CRIMSON BLUESTEM. Perennial. Reported in Coconino County [McD].
Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (=Andropogon scoparius var. frequens). LITTLE BLUESTEM. Perennial. Reported in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, but frequent only in Coconino and Navajo counties, 5000-7500 feet [McD].
Scleropogon brevifolius. BURROGRASS. Perennial. Throughout region at 5500 feet and lower [McD].
Secale cereale. CEREAL RYE. Annual to biennial. Northern Mohave County and Coconino County at 6000-7100 feet [McD].
Setaria faberi. JAPANESE BRISTLEGRASS. Annual. Found 5 miles west of Peach Springs, Mohave County [McD].
Setaria grisebachia. GRISEBACH'S BRISTLEGRASS. Annual. Found or reported in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, at 2000-6500 feet [McD].
Setaria italica. FOXTAIL MILLET. FOXTAIL BRISTLEGRASS. Annual. Found north of Flagstaff, Coconino County, at 7100 feet [McD].
Setaria leucopila. STREAMBED BRISTLEGRASS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, at 2000-7000 feet [McD].
Setaria verticillata. HOOKED BRISTLEGRASS. Annual. Reported from Kingman, Mohave County, and from Havasu Canyon, Coconino County, at 7000 feet or lower [McD].
Setaria viridis. GREEN BRISTLEGRASS. Annual. Found or reported in Mohave, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 3200-8000 feet [McD].
Sorghastrum nutans. INDIANGRASS. Perennial. Reported in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties at medium altitudes [McD].
Sorghum halepense. JOHNSON GRASS. Perennial. Reported throughout region, mostly below 6000 feet [McD].
Spartina gracilis. ALKALI CORDGRASS. Perennial. Reported from Navajo and Apache counties [McD].
Sphenopholis intermedia. SLENDER WEDGESCALE. Perennial. Reported from Fort Apache in Navajo County at ca. 6000 feet [McD].
Sphenopholis obtusata. PRAIRIE WEDGESCALE. Perennial. Reported from Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties at medium elevations [McD].
Sporobolus airoides. ALKALI SACATON. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 3600-6500 feet [McD].
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus (=Sporobolus asper). COMPOSITE DROPSEED. Perennial. Known from a collection made in September 1934 in Navajo County at ca. 6000 feet [McD].
Sporobolus contractus. SPIKE DROPSEED. Perennial. Found throughout region at 2500-6500 feet [McD].
Sporobolus coromandelianus (=Sporobolus pulvinatus). MADAGASCAR DROPSEED. Annual. Found in Coconino and Apache counties at 5600-6800 feet [McD].
Sporobolus cryptandrus. SAND DROPSEED. Perennial. Found throughout region at 1500-7000 feet [McD].
Sporobolus flexuosus. MESA DROPSEED. Perennial. Found or reported throughout region, at 2300-6500 feet [McD].
Sporobolus giganteus. GIANT DROPSEED. Perennial. Found throughout region at 4000-6000 feet [McD].
Sporobolus interruptus. BLACK DROPSEED. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Gila and Navajo counties, 5000-7500 feet [McD].
Sporobolus nealleyi. GYPGRASS. GYP DROPSEED. Perennial. Reported from Coconino and Apache counties, at 4900-8300 feet [McD].
Sporobolus neglectus. PUFFSHEATH DROPSEED. Annual. Found only in Coconino County at ca. 7000 feet [McD].
Sporobolus texanus. TEXAS DROPSEED. Perennial. Known from a single 1916 collection from the Bright Angel Trail, in Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County [McD].
Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora (=Puccinellia pauciflora). PALE FALSE MANNAGRASS. Perennial. Found in the White Mountains of Apache County, at 7000-9000 feet [McD].
Trachypogon spicatus (=Trachypogon secundus). CRINKLE-AWN. SPIKED CRINKLEAWN. Perennial. Reported in Mohave County, at 1000-6000 feet [McD].
Tragus berteronianus. SPIKED BUR GRASS. Reported from Mohave and Navajo counties at 4000-6000 feet [McD].
Tridens muticus. SLIM TRIDENS. Perennial. Found or reported in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties at up to 5500 feet [McD].
Tridens muticus var. elongatus (=Tridens elongatus). SLIM TRIDENS. Perennial. Found or reported in Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties at 3500-7000 feet [McD].
Trisetum spicatum (=Trisetum montanum). SPIKE TRISETUM. Perennial. Found in Apache County at ca. 9000 feet [McD, T. montanum]; found on San Francisco Mountain in Coconino County and in the White Mountains of Apache County, at 10,000-12,000 feet [McD].
Urochloa arizonica (=Panicum arizonicum). ARIZONA SIGNALGRASS. Annual. Found in Mohave County at 1000-5500 feet [McD].
Vulpia microstachys var. ciliata (=Festuca grayi). EASTWOOD FESCUE. Annual. Reported in Yavapai County at ca. 4000 feet [McD].
Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora (=Festuca pacifica; Festuca reflexa). PACIFIC FESCUE. Annual. Found or reported in Mohave and Yavapai Counties at 3500-6500 feet [McD, F. pacifica]; reported from Jerome Junction in Yavapai County at ca. 5400 feet [McD, F. reflexa].
Vulpia myuros (=Festuca megalura). RAT-TAIL FESCUE. Annual. Found near Crown King in southern Yavapai County at ca. 6000 feet [McD].
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora (=Festuca octoflora). SIX WEEKS FESCUE. Annual. Found throughout region up to 6000 feet [McD].
This page revised 6 July 2008.
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