Grasses and grass‐like plants of Fort Laramie National Setting Historic Site are the fabric of the landscape, from the _____Western wheatgrass plains (Elymus smithii) driest ridges to the riverbottoms. _____Bluebunch wheatgrass plains, (Elymus spicatus) breaks Setting _____Needle-and-thread plains, Fort (Hesperostipa comata var. comata) Cattail Family (Typhaceae) _____Narrowleaf cattail river _____Junegrass plains, (Typha angustifolia) (Koeleria macrantha) breaks _____Switchgrass river _____Broadleaf cattail river (Panicum virgatum) (Typha latifolia) _____Reed canarygrass river (Phalaris arundinacea*) Grass Family (Poaceae) _____Indian ricegrass plains, _____Common timothy river (Achnatherum hymenoides; Oryzopsis hymenoides) breaks (Phleum pratense*) _____Crested wheatgrass plains (Agropyron cristatum var. cristatum*) _____Kentucky bluegrass plains, Fort (Poa pratensis*) _____Redtop river (Agrostis stolonifera*) _____Sandberg bluegrass breaks (Poa secunda var. secunda) _____Blue grama plains, Fort (Bouteloua gracilis) _____Little bluestem breaks, (Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogon scoparius) plains _____Smooth brome plains, Fort (Bromus inermis var. inermis*) _____Prairie cordgrass river (Spartina pectinata) _____Cheatgrass , Downy brome plains, Fort (Bromus tectorum*) _____Sand dropseed plains (Sporobolus cryptandrus) _____Buffalo grass Fort, plains (Buchloe dactyloides) Rush Family (Juncaceae) _____Prairie sandreed plains _____Baltic rush river (Calamovilfa longifolia) (Juncus balticus var. montanus) _____Rough barnyard grass river (Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya) _____Quackgrass plains, river (Elymus repens*) Setting FORT LARAMIE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Sedge Family (Cyperaceae) _____Emory's sedge river (Carex emoryi) . GRASS _____Threadleaf sedge plains Time Generated: 11/29/2009 07:20 PM MST (Carex filifolia) _____Woolly sedge river (Carex pellita; Carex lanuginosa) CHECKLIST _____Pennsylvania sedge breaks (Carex pensylvanica var. digyna) _____Spike rush sedge breaks, (Carex stenophylla) plains _____Common spike rush river (Eleocharis palustris) _____Three-square river (Schoenoplectus pungens var. polyphyllus, Scirpus pungens) _____Softstem bulrush river (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, Scirpus acutus) Most grass and grass-like plants on this list are native to Wyoming, except for those marked by an asterisk after their scientific names. Some of the introduced grasses like Common timothy were planted for hay, while other arrived without invitation. Look for similar Fort Laramie National Historic Site Buffalo grass carpets the Fort Laramie parade grounds, wildflower and tree checklists a sod-forming grass with runners or pick up a complete plant checklist Checklist prepared in 2009 For Fort Laramie National Historic Site The illustration of Buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides – male plant) is reprinted from: USDA‐NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. .