Grasses and sedges of Meghalaya
289 grasses and sedges on the India list have an open record placed in Meghalaya, 11 endemic to India.
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Grasses and sedges of Meghalaya endemic to India (11)
All grasses and sedges of Meghalaya on the list (289)
- Agrostis canina Velvet Bent
- Agrostis filipes
- Agrostis griffithiana
- Agrostis micrantha
- Agrostis pilosula
- Agrostis zenkeri
- Alloteropsis semialata Cockatoo grass
- Andropogon angustatus
- Andropogon chinensis
- Anthoxanthum khasianum
- Apluda mutica Glutene-rice Grass
- Apocopis paleaceus
- Arthraxon hispidus small carpetgrass
- Arthraxon lancifolius
- Arthraxon typicus
- Arundinella bengalensis
- Arundinella intricata
- Arundinella khaseana
- Arundinella nepalensis Dardy's Oats
- Arundinella setosa
- Arundo donax giant reed
- Bambusa bambos Indian Thorny Bamboo
- Bambusa multiplex hedge bamboo
- Bambusa pallida
- Bambusa tulda Indian timber bamboo
- Bothriochloa bladhii Australian Bluestem
- Bothriochloa glabra
- Bothriochloa pertusa pitted bluestem
- Brachypodium sylvaticum Slender False Brome
- Bromus catharticus Rescue Brome
- Bulbostylis capillaris Densetuft Hairsedge
- Bulbostylis densa
- Calamagrostis abnormis
- Calamagrostis diffusa
- Calamagrostis elatior
- Calamagrostis scabrescens
- Capillipedium assimile
- Capillipedium longisetosum
- Capillipedium parviflorum Scented Top
- Carex alopecuroides
- Carex baccans Crimson Seeded Sedge
- Carex breviculmis grassland sedge
- Carex composita
- Carex continua
- Carex cruciata Cross Sedge
- Carex desponsa
- Carex dimorpholepis
- Carex distracta
- Carex fedia
- Carex filicina
- Carex insignis
- Carex jackiana
- Carex leucochlora
- Carex longipes
- Carex nemostachys
- Carex nubigena
- Carex olivacea
- Carex phacota Lakeshore sedge
- Carex praelonga
- Carex rara
- Carex rochebrunei
- Carex speciosa
- Carex stramentitia
- Carex teinogyna
- Carex thomsonii
- Carex tumida
- Carex vesiculosa
- Carex wallichiana
- Cenchrus americanus
- Centotheca lappacea
- Cephalostachyum capitatum
- Cephalostachyum pallidum
- Chimonobambusa callosa
- Chimonocalamus griffithianus
- Chrysopogon aciculatus Wild Oat Grass
- Chrysopogon gryllus Scented Grass
- Chrysopogon serrulatus Golden Beard Grass
- Coelachne simpliciuscula
- Coix lacryma-jobi Job's Tears
- Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
- Cymbopogon khasianus
- Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass
- Cyperus albescens
- Cyperus alternifolius Umbrella Papyrus
- Cyperus brevifolius Shortleaf Spikesedge
- Cyperus cuspidatus coastal plain flatsedge
- Cyperus cyperinus Old World flatsedge
- Cyperus cyperoides Pacific island flatsedge
- Cyperus diaphanus
- Cyperus diffusus Dwarf Umbrella Grass
- Cyperus digitatus Finger Flatsedge
- Cyperus distans Slender cyperus
- Cyperus flavidus yellow flatsedge
- Cyperus haspan Haspan Flatsedge
- Cyperus iria Rice flat-sedge
- Cyperus mindorensis whitehead spikesedge
- Cyperus nutans
- Cyperus pilosus fuzzy flatsedge
- Cyperus rotundus Purple nutsedge
- Cyperus sanguinolentus purpleglume flatsedge
- Cyperus sesquiflorus Fragrant Spikesedge
- Cyperus tenuiculmis
- Cyperus unioloides
- Cyrtococcum accrescens
- Cyrtococcum patens
- Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
- Dendrocalamus hookeri
- Digitaria bicornis Asian Crabgrass
- Digitaria ciliaris Tropical Finger-grass
- Digitaria compacta raishan
- Digitaria cruciata crabgrass
- Digitaria fuscescens creeping kukaepua`a
- Digitaria jubata
- Digitaria longiflora False Couch Finger Grass
- Digitaria radicosa trailing crabgrass
- Digitaria setigera East Indian crabgrass
- Digitaria stricta
- Digitaria ternata Blackseed Finger Grass
- Digitaria violascens Violet Crabgrass
- Dimeria chloridiformis
- Dimeria ornithopoda
- Drepanostachyum intermedium
- Drepanostachyum khasianum
- Echinochloa crus-galli barnyardgrass
- Eleocharis congesta spikerush
- Eleocharis ovata Ovate Spikerush
- Eleocharis pellucida
- Eleocharis retroflexa coastal plain spikerush
- Eleocharis tetraquetra square-stemmed spike-rush
- Eleusine indica Goose Grass
- Eragrostiella bifaria
- Eragrostiella leioptera
- Eragrostiella nardoides
- Eragrostis atrovirens Thalia Lovegrass
- Eragrostis coarctata
- Eragrostis gangetica slimflower lovegrass
- Eragrostis japonica Pond Lovegrass
- Eragrostis nigra
- Eragrostis nutans
- Eragrostis papposa
- Eragrostis tef Teff
- Eragrostis tenuifolia Elastic Grass
- Eragrostis unioloides Chinese lovegrass
- Eulalia fastigiata
- Eulalia pallens
- Eulalia phaeothrix
- Festuca leptopogon
- Festuca rubra red fescue DD
- Fimbristylis aestivalis Summer Fimbry
- Fimbristylis aphylla
- Fimbristylis complanata Puerto Rico fimbry
- Fimbristylis dichotoma Common Fringe-rush
- Fimbristylis eragrostis
- Fimbristylis falcata
- Fimbristylis filifolia
- Fimbristylis gracilenta
- Fimbristylis hookeriana
- Fimbristylis nigrobrunnea
- Fimbristylis nutans
- Fimbristylis quinquangularis Fiveangle Fimbry
- Fimbristylis salbundia
- Fimbristylis stolonifera
- Fimbristylis thomsonii
- Fimbristylis tristachya fimbry
- Fuirena umbellata Yefen
- Garnotia stricta blue lawngrass
- Garnotia tenella
- Germainia khasyana
- Gigantochloa macrostachya
- Glyceria tonglensis
- Hackelochloa granularis Pitscale Grass
- Hemarthria compressa Jove grass
- Hemarthria protensa
- Heteropogon contortus tanglehead
- Hymenachne aurita
- Ichnanthus pallens caruzo
- Imperata cylindrica Cogon Grass
- Isachne albens
- Isachne clarkei
- Isachne scabrosa
- Ischaemum barbatum
- Ischaemum polystachyum goto grass
- Ischaemum timorense stalkleaf murainagrass
- Iseilema prostratum
- Isolepis fluitans Floating Club-rush
- Jansenella griffithiana
- Leersia hexandra Native rice grass
- Lolium temulentum Darnel Ryegrass
- Lophatherum gracile Sasagrass
- Louisiella paludosa
- Machaerina rubiginosa Common Twig Rush
- Melocanna baccifera
- Melocanna clarkei
- Microchloa kunthii Kunth's smallgrass
- Microstegium fasciculatum Bundled Browntop Grass
- Microstegium nudum
- Microstegium petiolare
- Microstegium vimineum Japanese stiltgrass
- Miscanthus fuscus
- Miscanthus nepalensis Himalayan fairy grass
- Muhlenbergia huegelii
- Narenga fallax
- Narenga porphyrocoma
- Neyraudia reynaudiana Burma Reed
- Ophiuros exaltatus
- Ophiuros megaphyllus
- Oplismenus burmanni Burmann's basketgrass
- Oplismenus compositus Awned Panick Grass
- Oplismenus hirtellus Basket Grass
- Oplismenus undulatifolius wavyleaf basketgrass
- Oryza meyeriana
- Oryza officinalis
- Ottochloa nodosa slender panicgrass
- Panicum brevifolium nimbo
- Panicum hygrocharis
- Panicum incomtum
- Panicum khasianum
- Panicum notatum
- Panicum repens Torpedo grass
- Panicum sumatrense Barefoot Panicgrass
- Paspalum canarae
- Paspalum conjugatum Hilograss
- Paspalum dilatatum Dallis grass
- Paspalum distichum knot grass
- Paspalum penicillatum
- Paspalum plicatulum Brownseed Paspalum
- Paspalum scrobiculatum Ditch millet
- Paspalum thunbergii Japanese paspalum
- Phalaris arundinacea reed canary grass
- Phyllostachys mannii
- Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass
- Poa khasiana
- Pogonatherum crinitum Poginatherum crinitum
- Pogonatherum paniceum
- Pogonatherum rufobarbatum
- Polytoca digitata
- Polytoca gigantea
- Pseudechinolaena polystachya
- Pseudopogonatherum quadrinerve
- Pseudopogonatherum speciosum
- Pseudopogonatherum trispicatum
- Pseudostachyum polymorphum
- Rhynchospora hookeri
- Rhynchospora rubra rhynchospora
- Rhynchospora rugosa Claybank Beak Sedge
- Rottboellia cochinchinensis Itchgrass
- Rottboellia striata
- Saccharum longesetosum
- Saccharum officinarum Sugarcane
- Saccharum spontaneum Wild Cane
- Sacciolepis indica Indian Cupscale Grass
- Sacciolepis interrupta
- Schizachyrium sanguineum Crimson Bluestem
- Schizostachyum dullooa
- Schoenoplectiella articulata
- Schoenoplectiella clemensiae
- Schoenoplectiella juncoides rock bulrush
- Schoenoplectiella mucronata Bog Bulrush
- Scirpus ternatanus
- Scirpus wichurae
- Scleria benthamii
- Scleria corymbosa
- Scleria khasiana
- Scleria levis
- Scleria parvula
- Scleria terrestris
- Setaria flavida
- Setaria palmifolia Palmgrass
- Setaria plicata
- Setaria pumila yellow foxtail
- Sorghum nitidum
- Sphaerocaryum malaccense
- Sporobolus diandrus tussock dropseed
- Sporobolus indicus smut grass
- Themeda arundinacea
- Themeda intermedia
- Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
- Themeda villosa
- Thyrsia zea
- Thysanolaena latifolia Nepalese Broom Grass
- Tripidium procerum
- Tripidium rufipilum
- Tripogon filiformis
- Tripogon trifidus
- Trisetopsis aspera
- Urochloa ramosa Browntop Millet
- Urochloa reptans Sprawling Signalgrass
- Yushania hirsuta
- Zea mays Maize
Grasses and sedges elsewhere
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Other species of Meghalaya
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