Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Poaceae

Eragrostis - [maps | photos]

• Eragrostis barrelieri * Daveau
  Common Name: Mediterranean love grass

• Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees
  Common Name: lace grass

• Eragrostis cilianensis * (All.) Vign. ex Janchen
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: stink grass

• Eragrostis curvula * (Schrad.) Nees
  Common Name: weeping love grass

• Eragrostis frankii C.A. Mey. ex Steud.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: sandbar love grass

• Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: bigtop love grass

• Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) B.S.P.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: teal love grass

• Eragrostis intermedia Hitchc.
  Common Name: plains love grass

• Eragrostis japonica (Thunb.) Trin.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: pond love grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Eragrostis glomerata (Walt.) L.H. Dewey

• Eragrostis lugens * Nees
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: mourning love grass

• Eragrostis minor * Host
  Common Name: little love grass

• Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: tufted love grass

• Eragrostis pilosa * (L.) P. Beauv.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: Indian love grass

• Eragrostis reptans (Michx.) Nees
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: creeping love grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Neeragrostis reptans (Michx.) Nicora

• Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: purple love grass

• Eragrostis trichodes (Nutt.) Wood
  Common Name: sand love grass

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.