A very brief listing of grass species found in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington. A more complete list will be added sometime in the future......
Needlegrasses: The Genus Achnatherum
Hairgrasses: The Genus Aira
Bromes: The Genus Bromus
Reedgrasses: The Genus Calamagrostis
Drooping Woodreed, Slender Woodreed, Slender Wood-reed: Cinna latifolia
Cock's Foot Grass, Orchard-grass: Dactylis glomerata (Synonym: Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata)
Oatgrasses of the Cascade Mountains: The Genus Danthonia
Hairgrasses of the Cascade Mountains: The Genus Deschampsia
Squirreltail and Wildrye Grasses: The Genus Elymus
Fescues: The Genus Festuca
Common Velvetgrass, Yorkshire Fog: Holcus lanatus (Synonym: Nothoholcus lanatus)
Prairie Junegrass, Prairie Koeler's Grass: Koeleria macrantha (Synonyms: Koeleria cristata, Koeleria cristata var. longifolia, Koeleria cristata var. pinetorum, Koeleria gracilis, Koeleria nitida, Koeleria pyramidata, Koeleria yukonensis)
Timothy: The Genus Phleum
Downy Oatgrass, Narrow False Oat, Spike Trisetum: Trisetum spicatum (Synonyms: Aira spicata, Trisetum montanum, Trisetum montanum var. shearii, Trisetum sesquiflorum, Trisetum spicatum ssp. alaskanum, Trisetum spicatum ssp. congdonii, Trisetum spicatum ssp. majus, Trisetum spicatum ssp. molle, Trisetum spicatum ssp. montanum, Trisetum spicatum ssp. pilosiglume, Trisetum spicatum var. alaskanum, Trisetum spicatum var. congdoni, Trisetum spicatum var. maidenii, Trisetum spicatum var. majus, Trisetum spicatum var. molle, Trisetum spicatum var. pilosiglume, Trisetum spicatum var. spicatiforme, Trisetum spicatum var. spicatum, Trisetum spicatum var. villosissimum, Trisetum subspicatum, Trisetum triflorum, Trisetum triflorum ssp. molle, Trisetum villosissimum)
Annual Fescues: The Genus Vulpia