The following is a list of official U.S. state grasses.

Table

StateState grassScientific nameImageYear
adopted
California Purple needlegrassNassella pulchra2004[1]
Colorado Blue gramaBouteloua gracilis1987[2]
Illinois Big bluestem
(state prairie grass)
Andropogon gerardii1989[3]
Kansas Little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium
(Andropogon scoparius)
2010[4]
Minnesota Wild rice
(state grain)
Zizania aquatica1977[5]
Missouri Big bluestemAndropogon gerardii2007[6]
Montana Bluebunch wheatgrassAgropyron spicatum1973[7]
Nebraska Little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium
(Andropogon scoparius)
1969[8]
Nevada Indian ricegrassOryzopsis hymenoides1977[9]
New Mexico Blue gramaBouteloua gracilis[10]
North Dakota Western wheatgrassPascopyrum smithii
(Agropyron smithii)
[11]
Oklahoma Indian grassSorghastrum nutans1972[12]
South Carolina Indian grassSorghastrum nutans2001[13]
South Dakota Western wheatgrassAgropyron smithii1970[14]
Texas Sideoats gramaBouteloua curtipendula1971[15]
Utah Indian ricegrassOryzopsis hymenoides1990[16]
Washington Bluebunch wheatgrassAgropyron spicatum1989[17]
Wisconsin Corn
(state grain)
Zea mays1989[18]
Wyoming Western wheatgrassAgropyron smithii2007[19]

See also

References

  1. "California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols". Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  2. "State Grass". Colorado.gov. State of Colorado. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. "State Symbols". Illinois.gov. State of Illinois. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  4. "Little Bluestem". Kansapedia. Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. "Minnesota State Symbols". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  6. "Big bluestem is now state's official grass".
  7. "1-1-506.State grass, MCA". Montana State Legislature. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  8. "Nebraska Revised Statutes §90-112 (2019) - State grass; little blue stem". Justia Law. Justia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  9. "NRS: Chapter 235 - State Seal, Motto and Symbosl; Gifts and Endowments". Nevada Legislature. Legislative Council Bureau. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  10. "State Grass". New Mexico Secretary of State. New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  11. "North Dakota Century Code Title 54, Chapter 54-02 (2019) - State Emblems, Symbols, and Awards". Justia Law. Justia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  12. "Oklahoma Symbols | OHSkids!". Oklahoma Historical Society. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  13. "South Carolina State Symbols". South Carolina Legislature Online. South Carolina Legislative Services Agency. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  14. "About the State of South Dakota". South Dakota Secretary of State. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  15. "SCR31_62R" (PDF). Legislative Reference Library. Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  16. Utah State Grass - Indian Ricegrass from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08
  17. "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
  18. "2009–2010 Wisconsin Blue Book: Wisconsin State Symbols" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislative Documents. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  19. "Wyoming Facts and Symbols". State of Wyoming. State of Wyoming. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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