List of U.S. state grasses

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

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State	State grass	Scientific name	Year adopted
California	Purple Needlegrass	Nassella pulchra	2004^[1]
Colorado	Blue grama	Bouteloua gracilis
Illinois	Big Bluestem (state prairie grass)	Andropogon gerardii	1989
Minnesota	Wild rice (state grain)	Zizania aquatica
Missouri	Big Bluestem	Andropogon gerardii	2007^[2]
Montana	Bluebunch wheatgrass	Agropyron spicatum
Nebraska	Little bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius)
Nevada	Indian ricegrass	Oryzopsis hymenoides
New Mexico	Blue grama	Bouteloua gracilis
North Dakota	Western Wheatgrass	Pascopyrum smithii (Agropyron smithii)
Oklahoma	Indian Grass	Sorghastrum nutans
South Carolina	Indian Grass	Sorghastrum nutans	2001
South Dakota	Western Wheatgrass	Agropyron smithii
Texas	Sideoats grama	Bouteloua curtipendula	1971
Utah	Indian ricegrass	Oryzopsis hymenoides	1990^[3]
Washington	Bluebunch wheatgrass	Agropyron spicatum	^[4]
Wyoming	Western Wheatgrass	Agropyron smithii

^ "California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols". Retrieved 2008-07-14.
^ "Big bluestem is now state’s official grass". 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2008-07-14. ^{[dead link]}
^ Utah State Grass - Indian Ricegrass from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08
^ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.

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