Introduced Grasses

Find introduced grass species for lawns, pastures, forage, erosion control, conservation areas, and other managed plantings. With both cool-season and warm-season options available, these grasses can help meet a variety of site conditions, maintenance goals, and project needs.

Tall Fescue

Better heat and drought tolerance than other cool season grasses.

Intermediate Wheatgrass

Ideal forage for hay and pasture ground

Meadow Bromegrass

Excellent choice to include in hay and pasture mixes.

Orchardgrass

Cool season, perennial bunch grass with shade tolerance

Creeping Foxtail

An Introduced Cool Season Grass for Moist Soils

Pubescent Wheatgrass

High-nutrition pasture and hay grass

Smooth Bromegrass

A northern area cool season forage grass

Timothy

Palatable and nutritious as hay or forage