Grasses and sedges of North-East India
172 grasses and sedges on the India list have a GBIF record placed in North-East India, 5 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 North-East India endemic to India (5)
All grasses and sedges of North-East India on the list (172)
- Agrostis canina Velvet Bent
- Agrostis griffithiana
- Agrostis micrantha
- Alloteropsis cimicina Bugseed Grass
- Alloteropsis semialata Cockatoo grass
- Apluda mutica Glutene-rice Grass
- Apocopis paleaceus
- Arthraxon hispidus small carpetgrass
- Arundinella decempedalis
- Arundo donax giant reed
- Axonopus compressus broadleaf carpetgrass
- Bambusa balcooa Female Bamboo
- Bambusa bambos Indian Thorny Bamboo
- Bambusa cacharensis
- Bambusa multiplex hedge bamboo
- Bambusa nutans
- Bambusa pallida
- Bambusa polymorpha Burmese bamboo
- Bambusa tulda Indian timber bamboo
- Bambusa tuldoides Punting Pole Bamboo
- Bambusa ventricosa Buddha's belly
- Bambusa vulgaris common bamboo
- Bothriochloa bladhii Australian Bluestem
- Bothriochloa pertusa pitted bluestem
- Bulbostylis densa
- Calamagrostis abnormis
- Carex alopecuroides
- Carex baccans Crimson Seeded Sedge
- Carex blinii
- Carex cruciata Cross Sedge
- Carex doniana
- Carex insignis
- Carex jackiana
- Carex myosurus
- Carex nemostachys
- Carex olivacea
- Carex phacota Lakeshore sedge
- Carex polycephala
- Carex rochebrunei
- Carex teinogyna
- Carex unciniiformis
- Cenchrus alopecuroides
- Cenchrus purpureus napier grass
- Centotheca lappacea
- Cephalostachyum capitatum
- Chimonocalamus griffithianus
- Chloris virgata feather finger grass
- Chrysopogon aciculatus Wild Oat Grass
- Coix lacryma-jobi Job's Tears
- Cymbopogon citratus Lemon Grass
- Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass
- Cyperus alternifolius Umbrella Papyrus
- Cyperus brevifolius Shortleaf Spikesedge
- Cyperus cyperoides Pacific island flatsedge
- Cyperus diaphanus
- Cyperus digitatus Finger Flatsedge
- Cyperus distans Slender cyperus
- Cyperus esculentus yellow nutsedge
- Cyperus mindorensis whitehead spikesedge
- Cyperus niveus snow white sedge
- Cyperus pilosus fuzzy flatsedge
- Cyperus rotundus Purple nutsedge
- Cyperus scariosus
- Cyperus sesquiflorus Fragrant Spikesedge
- Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum
- Cyrtococcum patens
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium Durban Crowfoot
- Dendrocalamus asper Dragon bamboo
- Dendrocalamus giganteus Giant Bamboo
- Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
- Dendrocalamus hookeri
- Dichanthium annulatum Kleberg's bluestem
- Digitaria ciliaris Tropical Finger-grass
- Digitaria compacta raishan
- Digitaria setigera East Indian crabgrass
- Echinochloa colona Jungle Rice
- Echinochloa colonum
- Echinochloa crus-galli barnyardgrass
- Echinochloa oryzoides early watergrass
- Eleocharis congesta spikerush
- Eleocharis ovata Ovate Spikerush
- Eleusine indica Goose Grass
- Eragrostiella bifaria
- Eragrostiella leioptera
- Eragrostis coarctata
- Eragrostis gangetica slimflower lovegrass
- Eragrostis japonica Pond Lovegrass
- Eragrostis minor Little Lovegrass
- Eragrostis pilosa Jersey Love-grass
- Eragrostis unioloides Chinese lovegrass
- Fimbristylis aestivalis Summer Fimbry
- Fimbristylis complanata Puerto Rico fimbry
- Fimbristylis dichotoma Common Fringe-rush
- Fimbristylis eragrostis
- Fimbristylis hookeriana
- Fimbristylis polytrichoides Fuzzy Rush
- Gigantochloa macrostachya
- Gigantochloa nigrociliata
- Hordeum vulgare Common Barley
- Hymenachne aurita
- Imperata cylindrica Cogon Grass
- Isachne clarkei
- Isachne globosa Swamp Millet
- Isachne sylvestris
- Ischaemum barbatum
- Ischaemum ciliare
- Ischaemum molle
- Ischaemum polystachyum goto grass
- Ischaemum rugosum Ribbed Murainagrass
- Ischaemum semisagittatum
- Ischaemum timorense stalkleaf murainagrass
- Iseilema prostratum
- Jansenella griffithiana
- Leersia hexandra Native rice grass
- Lophatherum gracile Sasagrass
- Louisiella paludosa
- Machaerina rubiginosa Common Twig Rush
- Melocanna baccifera
- Melocanna clarkei
- Microstegium fasciculatum Bundled Browntop Grass
- Microstegium vimineum Japanese stiltgrass
- Miscanthus fuscus
- Miscanthus nepalensis Himalayan fairy grass
- Narenga fallax
- Neyraudia reynaudiana Burma Reed
- Oplismenus burmanni Burmann's basketgrass
- Oplismenus compositus Awned Panick Grass
- Oryza officinalis
- Oryza rufipogon Brownbeard rice
- Oryza sativa Asian Rice
- Panicum brevifolium nimbo
- Paspalum canarae
- Paspalum conjugatum Hilograss
- Paspalum dilatatum Dallis grass
- Paspalum distichum knot grass
- Perotis indica
- Phalaris arundinacea reed canary grass
- Phragmites karka Tall Reed
- Phyllostachys mannii
- Pogonatherum crinitum Poginatherum crinitum
- Polytoca gigantea
- Polytrias indica Batiki Bluegrass
- Pseudopogonatherum quadrinerve
- Pseudopogonatherum trispicatum
- Rhynchospora corymbosa matamat
- Rottboellia cochinchinensis Itchgrass
- Saccharum longesetosum
- Saccharum officinarum Sugarcane
- Saccharum spontaneum Wild Cane
- Sacciolepis indica Indian Cupscale Grass
- Schoenoplectiella articulata
- Schoenoplectiella juncoides rock bulrush
- Scirpus cyperinus woolgrass
- Scleria biflora nutrush
- Scleria terrestris
- Setaria italica Foxtail Bristle-grass
- Setaria palmifolia Palmgrass
- Setaria parviflora knotroot bristlegrass
- Setaria pumila yellow foxtail
- Sorghum halepense Johnson grass
- Sorghum propinquum sorghum
- Sporobolus diandrus tussock dropseed
- Stolonochloa pygmaea
- Themeda arundinacea
- Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
- Themeda villosa Lyon's grass
- Thysanolaena latifolia Nepalese Broom Grass
- Tripidium rufipilum
- Tripogon trifidus
- Triticum aestivum Bread Wheat
- Urochloa mutica Para Grass
- Zea mays Maize
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