Grasses and sedges of the Himalaya
352 grasses and sedges on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Himalaya, 11 endemic to India.
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Grasses and sedges of the Himalaya endemic to India (11)
All grasses and sedges of the Himalaya on the list (352)
- Achnatherum brandisii
- Agropyron thomsonii
- Agrostis barikii
- Agrostis canina Velvet Bent
- Agrostis griffithiana
- Agrostis hookeriana
- Agrostis inaequiglumis
- Agrostis micrantha
- Agrostis munroana
- Agrostis nervosa
- Agrostis pilosula
- Agrostis stolonifera Creeping Bent
- Alopecurus arundinaceus Creeping Foxtail
- Alopecurus himalaicus
- Andropogon munroi
- Anthoxanthum flexuosum
- Anthoxanthum horsfieldii
- Anthoxanthum laxum
- Anthoxanthum odoratum sweet vernal grass
- Apluda mutica Glutene-rice Grass
- Aristida cyanantha
- Arthraxon hispidus small carpetgrass
- Arthraxon lanceolatus
- Arthraxon lancifolius
- Arthraxon prionodes
- Arundinella hookeri
- Arundinella nepalensis Dardy's Oats
- Arundinella pumila
- Arundinella setosa
- Arundo donax giant reed
- Avena sativa Common Oat
- Axonopus compressus broadleaf carpetgrass
- Bambusa balcooa Female Bamboo
- Bambusa multiplex hedge bamboo
- Bambusa nutans
- Bambusa pallida
- Bambusa vulgaris common bamboo
- Blysmus compressus Flat-sedge
- Bolboschoenus maritimus sea clubrush
- Borinda grossa
- Bothriochloa bladhii Australian Bluestem
- Bothriochloa ischaemum King Ranch bluestem
- Bothriochloa pertusa pitted bluestem
- Brachypodium sylvaticum Slender False Brome
- Briza media Quaking-grass
- Briza minor Little quaking-grass
- Bromus catharticus Rescue Brome
- Bromus commutatus Meadow Brome
- Bromus confinis
- Bromus himalaicus
- Bromus hordeaceus common soft brome
- Bromus japonicus Japanese brome
- Bromus lanceolatus Large-headed Brome
- Bromus pectinatus
- Bromus ramosus Hairy-brome
- Bromus staintonii
- Bromus tectorum Cheatgrass
- Bulbostylis densa
- Calamagrostis abnormis
- Calamagrostis emodensis Garhwal Reedgrass
- Calamagrostis filiformis
- Calamagrostis holciformis
- Calamagrostis lahulensis
- Calamagrostis nivicola
- Calamagrostis pseudophragmites coastal small-reed
- Calamagrostis scabrescens
- Campeiostachys himalayana
- Campeiostachys nutans
- Campeiostachys schrenkiana
- Capillipedium assimile
- Capillipedium parviflorum Scented Top
- Carex alopecuroides
- Carex anomoea
- Carex atrata Black Alpine Sedge
- Carex atrofusca scorched alpine-sedge
- Carex bonatiana
- Carex burttii
- Carex canescens hoary sedge
- Carex cercostachys
- Carex clavispica
- Carex cruciata Cross Sedge
- Carex cruenta
- Carex curticeps
- Carex daltoni
- Carex deasyi
- Carex decora
- Carex dimorpholepis
- Carex doniana
- Carex esenbeckii
- Carex filicina
- Carex finitima
- Carex fucata
- Carex gracilenta
- Carex haematostoma
- Carex hebecarpa
- Carex inanis
- Carex infuscata
- Carex kashmirensis NT
- Carex kokanica
- Carex laeta
- Carex leersii Grassland Sedge
- Carex longipes
- Carex myosurus
- Carex nigerrima
- Carex norvegica Intermediate Sedge
- Carex nubigena
- Carex obscura
- Carex ovoidispica
- Carex parvula
- Carex polycephala
- Carex pseudobicolor
- Carex pseudolaxa
- Carex pulchra
- Carex radicalis
- Carex schlagintweitiana
- Carex setigera
- Carex setosa
- Carex speciosa
- Carex supina weak arctic sedge
- Carex teres
- Carex unciniiformis
- Carex uncinioides
- Carex vidua
- Carex wallichiana
- Catabrosella himalaica
- Catapodium rigidum Fern-grass
- Cenchrus americanus
- Cenchrus ciliaris buffelgrass
- Cenchrus clandestinus Kikuyu Grass
- Cenchrus flaccidus
- Cenchrus orientalis
- Cenchrus pedicellatus
- Cenchrus purpureus napier grass
- Cephalostachyum capitatum
- Cephalostachyum latifolium
- Chimonobambusa callosa
- Chloris virgata feather finger grass
- Chrysopogon aciculatus Wild Oat Grass
- Chrysopogon fulvus Reddish-Yellow Beardgrass
- Chrysopogon gryllus Scented Grass
- Chrysopogon serrulatus Golden Beard Grass
- Cymbopogon citratus Lemon Grass
- Cymbopogon distans
- Cymbopogon iwarancusa
- Cymbopogon jwarancusa Iwarancusa grass
- Cymbopogon martini rosha grass
- Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass
- Cyperus brevifolius Shortleaf Spikesedge
- Cyperus compressus Poorland Flatsedge
- Cyperus cuspidatus coastal plain flatsedge
- Cyperus cyperoides Pacific island flatsedge
- Cyperus difformis Variable Flatsedge
- Cyperus diffusus Dwarf Umbrella Grass
- Cyperus haspan Haspan Flatsedge
- Cyperus iria Rice flat-sedge
- Cyperus niveus snow white sedge
- Cyperus odoratus Fragrant flatsedge
- Cyperus paniceus
- Cyperus papyrus Papyrus sedge
- Cyperus pilosus fuzzy flatsedge
- Cyperus rotundus Purple nutsedge
- Cyperus sanguinolentus purpleglume flatsedge
- Cyperus sesquiflorus Fragrant Spikesedge
- Cyperus squarrosus Bearded Flatsedge
- Cyrtococcum patens
- Dactylis glomerata orchard grass
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium Durban Crowfoot
- Dendrocalamus giganteus Giant Bamboo
- Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
- Dendrocalamus sikkimensis
- Deschampsia cespitosa tufted hair grass
- Deschampsia koelerioides
- Digitaria abludens
- Digitaria ciliaris Tropical Finger-grass
- Digitaria compacta raishan
- Digitaria longiflora False Couch Finger Grass
- Digitaria sanguinalis Hairy Crabgrass
- Digitaria stricta
- Digitaria violascens Violet Crabgrass
- Drepanostachyum falcatum Bagadchhal
- Drepanostachyum intermedium
- Duthiea brachypodium
- Duthiea bromoides
- Echinochloa colona Jungle Rice
- Echinochloa crus-galli barnyardgrass
- Echinochloa frumentacea white millet
- Echinochloa stagnina Burgu
- Eleocharis congesta spikerush
- Eleusine coracana Finger Millet
- Eleusine indica Goose Grass
- Elymus caninus bearded wild rye
- Elymus longearistatus
- Elymus repens Quack Grass
- Elymus semicostatus drooping wildrye
- Elymus sikkimensis
- Elytrophorus spicatus Spike Grass
- Eragrostis gangetica slimflower lovegrass
- Eragrostis minor Little Lovegrass
- Eragrostis nigra
- Eragrostis nutans
- Eragrostis pilosa Jersey Love-grass
- Eragrostis tenella Feather Lovegrass
- Eragrostis tenuifolia Elastic Grass
- Eragrostis unioloides Chinese lovegrass
- Erioscirpus comosus
- Eulalia hirtifolia
- Eulalia mollis
- Festuca cumminsii
- Festuca debilis
- Festuca leptopogon
- Festuca polycolea
- Festuca rubra red fescue DD
- Festuca tibetica
- Festuca wallichiana
- Fimbristylis aestivalis Summer Fimbry
- Fimbristylis complanata Puerto Rico fimbry
- Fimbristylis dichotoma Common Fringe-rush
- Fimbristylis littoralis Grass-like Fimbry
- Glyceria tonglensis
- Hemarthria compressa Jove grass
- Heteropogon contortus tanglehead
- Heteropogon melanocarpus Sweet Tanglehead
- Himalayacalamus falconeri Deo Ringaal
- Himalayacalamus hookerianus blue bamboo
- Hordeum vulgare Common Barley
- Ichnanthus pallens caruzo
- Imperata cylindrica Cogon Grass
- Isachne albens
- Isachne dimyloides
- Koeleria macrantha Prairie Junegrass
- Koeleria pyramidata Prairie Junegrass
- Koeleria spicata
- Leersia oryzoides rice cutgrass
- Lolium giganteum Giant Fescue
- Lolium perenne Perennial Ryegrass
- Lolium rigidum Mediterranean Rye-grass
- Melica scaberrima
- Microstegium falconeri
- Microstegium glabratum
- Microstegium japonicum
- Microstegium nudum
- Microstegium vimineum Japanese stiltgrass
- Miscanthus floridulus Pacific Island Silvergrass
- Miscanthus nepalensis Himalayan fairy grass
- Miscanthus nudipes
- Muhlenbergia duthieana
- Muhlenbergia himalayensis
- Muhlenbergia huegelii
- Muhlenbergia montana mountain muhly
- Muhlenbergia pungens Sandhill Muhly
- Muhlenbergia sylvatica Woodland Muhly
- Neyraudia arundinacea Madagascar grass
- Oplismenus burmanni Burmann's basketgrass
- Oplismenus compositus Awned Panick Grass
- Oplismenus undulatifolius wavyleaf basketgrass
- Orthoraphium roylei
- Oryza meyeriana
- Oryza officinalis
- Oryza rufipogon Brownbeard rice
- Oryza sativa Asian Rice
- Panicum sumatrense Barefoot Panicgrass
- Paspalum conjugatum Hilograss
- Paspalum dilatatum Dallis grass
- Paspalum distichum knot grass
- Perotis indica
- Phacelurus speciosus
- Phalaris arundinacea reed canary grass
- Phleum alpinum Alpine Timothy
- Phleum pratense Timothy grass
- Phragmites australis common reed
- Piptatherum aequiglume
- Piptatherum gracile
- Poa alpina Alpine Bluegrass
- Poa angustifolia Narrow-leaved Meadow-grass
- Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass
- Poa araratica
- Poa attenuata
- Poa bulbosa Bulbous Bluegrass
- Poa khasiana
- Poa lachenensis
- Poa longii
- Poa nepalensis
- Poa pagophila
- Poa pratensis Smooth Meadow-grass
- Poa rajbhandarii
- Poa sikkimensis
- Poa sorengiana
- Poa sterilis
- Poa supina supine bluegrass
- Poa trivialis Rough Meadow-grass
- Poa wardiana
- Pogonatherum crinitum Poginatherum crinitum
- Pogonatherum paniceum
- Polypogon fugax Asian minor rabbit’s-foot grass
- Polypogon interruptus ditch beard grass
- Polypogon monspeliensis rabbitfoot grass
- Polypogon viridis water beard grass
- Pseudechinolaena polystachya
- Pseudopogonatherum quadrinerve
- Ptilagrostis concinna
- Ptilagrostis duthiei
- Saccharum filifolium
- Saccharum officinarum Sugarcane
- Saccharum spontaneum Wild Cane
- Sacciolepis indica Indian Cupscale Grass
- Sarocalamus racemosus
- Schizachyrium impressum
- Scirpus cyperinus woolgrass
- Sehima notata
- Setaria forbesiana
- Setaria intermedia
- Setaria palmifolia Palmgrass
- Setaria pumila yellow foxtail
- Setaria viridis Green Bristle Grass
- Shibataea kumasaca Ruscus Bamboo
- Sibirotrisetum aeneum
- Sorghum bicolor Sorghum
- Sorghum halepense Johnson grass
- Sporobolus coromandelianus
- Sporobolus diandrus tussock dropseed
- Sporobolus fertilis Bloomsbury Grass
- Sporobolus indicus smut grass
- Sporobolus piliferus Barundi dropseed
- Stipa capillata Dwarf Feather Grass
- Tenaxia cachemyriana
- Tenaxia cumminsii
- Thamnocalamus spathiflorus Tham
- Themeda anathera
- Themeda arundinacea
- Themeda caudata
- Themeda helferi
- Themeda quadrivalvis Grader Grass
- Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
- Themeda villosa Lyon's grass
- Thysanolaena latifolia Nepalese Broom Grass
- Tripidium rufipilum
- Tripogon capillatus
- Tripogon filiformis
- Tripogon longe-aristatus
- Tripogon trifidus
- Trisetopsis junghuhnii
- Trisetopsis virescens
- Trisetum clarkei
- Triticum aestivum Bread Wheat
- Triticum turgidum Rivet Wheat
- Urochloa ramosa Browntop Millet
- Urochloa villosa
- Yushania anceps Indian Fountain-bamboo
- Yushania bomdilaena
- Yushania maling
- Yushania pantlingii
- Zea mays Maize
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