Grasses and sedges of the semi-arid zone
353 grasses and sedges on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the semi-arid zone, 15 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 semi-arid zone endemic to India (15)
- Bambusa pallida
- Bhidea burnsiana
- Chloris bournei
- Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
- Eulaliopsis binata sabaigrass
- Ischaemum bombaiense
- Ischaemum commutatum
- Ischaemum travancorense
- Iseilema anthephoroides
- Ochlandra travancorica
- Parahyparrhenia khannae
- Scleria stocksiana
- Spodiopogon rhizophorus
- Triplopogon ramosissimus
- Tripogon lisboae
All grasses and sedges of the semi-arid zone on the list (353)
- Abildgaardia ovata Flatspike Sedge
- Acrachne racemosa goosegrass
- Aeluropus lagopoides rabbit foot aeluropus
- Alloteropsis cimicina Bugseed Grass
- Andropogon pumilus
- Apluda mutica Glutene-rice Grass
- Aristida adscensionis sixweeks three-awn
- Aristida funiculata
- Aristida hystricula
- Aristida hystrix
- Aristida mutabilis
- Aristida redacta
- Arthraxon echinatus
- Arthraxon hispidus small carpetgrass
- Arthraxon lanceolatus
- Arthraxon lancifolius
- Arthraxon prionodes
- Arundinella leptochloa
- Arundinella nepalensis Dardy's Oats
- Arundinella pumila
- Arundo donax giant reed
- Avena sativa Common Oat
- Avenella flexuosa wavy hair-grass
- Bambusa balcooa Female Bamboo
- Bambusa bambos Indian Thorny Bamboo
- Bambusa burmanica
- Bambusa cacharensis
- Bambusa jaintiana
- Bambusa multiplex hedge bamboo
- Bambusa nutans
- Bambusa pallida
- Bambusa polymorpha Burmese bamboo
- Bambusa tulda Indian timber bamboo
- Bambusa vulgaris common bamboo
- Bhidea burnsiana
- Bolboschoenus glaucus tuberous bulrush
- Bolboschoenus maritimus sea clubrush
- Bolboschoenus yagara
- Bothriochloa bladhii Australian Bluestem
- Bothriochloa ischaemum King Ranch bluestem
- Bothriochloa pertusa pitted bluestem
- Brachypodium sylvaticum Slender False Brome
- Bulbostylis barbata Watergrass
- Capillipedium filiculme
- Capillipedium huegelii
- Carex nigra smooth black sedge
- Carex norvegica Intermediate Sedge
- Cenchrus americanus
- Cenchrus biflorus Indian sandbur
- Cenchrus ciliaris buffelgrass
- Cenchrus echinatus Southern Sandbur
- Cenchrus hohenackeri
- Cenchrus orientalis
- Cenchrus pedicellatus
- Cenchrus pennisetiformis
- Cenchrus purpureus napier grass
- Cenchrus setaceus Fountain Grass
- Cenchrus setigerus birdwood grass
- Chloris barbata Finger Grass
- Chloris bournei
- Chloris montana
- Chloris quinquesetica
- Chloris virgata feather finger grass
- Chrysopogon fulvus Reddish-Yellow Beardgrass
- Chrysopogon gryllus Scented Grass
- Chrysopogon polyphyllus
- Chrysopogon serrulatus Golden Beard Grass
- Chrysopogon zizanioides Vetiver
- Coix lacryma-jobi Job's Tears
- Cymbopogon citratus Lemon Grass
- Cymbopogon commutatus
- Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
- Cymbopogon jwarancusa Iwarancusa grass
- Cymbopogon martini rosha grass
- Cymbopogon schoenanthus Fever grass
- Cymbopogon winterianus cymbopogon grass
- Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass
- Cyperus albescens
- Cyperus alternifolius Umbrella Papyrus
- Cyperus alulatus
- Cyperus arenarius
- Cyperus brevifolius Shortleaf Spikesedge
- Cyperus bulbosus
- Cyperus compressus Poorland Flatsedge
- Cyperus corymbosus
- Cyperus cyperinus Old World flatsedge
- Cyperus cyperoides Pacific island flatsedge
- Cyperus difformis Variable Flatsedge
- Cyperus dives Fig Sedge
- Cyperus dubius soft sedge
- Cyperus esculentus yellow nutsedge
- Cyperus exaltatus Giant Sedge
- Cyperus flavidus yellow flatsedge
- Cyperus fuscus Brown Flatsedge
- Cyperus haspan Haspan Flatsedge
- Cyperus houghtonii Houghton's Umbrella-sedge
- Cyperus hyalinus
- Cyperus imbricatus Imbricate Galingale
- Cyperus iria Rice flat-sedge
- Cyperus laevigatus Smooth Flatsedge
- Cyperus leucocephalus
- Cyperus manimae smoothstem flatsedge
- Cyperus metzii Asian Spikesedge
- Cyperus michelianus
- Cyperus microiria Asian Flatsedge
- Cyperus mindorensis whitehead spikesedge
- Cyperus neochinensis
- Cyperus niveus snow white sedge
- Cyperus nutans
- Cyperus odoratus Fragrant flatsedge
- Cyperus pangorei
- Cyperus paniceus
- Cyperus papyrus Papyrus sedge
- Cyperus polystachyos Bunchy flat-sedge
- Cyperus pseudokyllingioides
- Cyperus pumilus Annual Flat-sedge
- Cyperus rotundus Purple nutsedge
- Cyperus sanguinolentus purpleglume flatsedge
- Cyperus sesquiflorus Fragrant Spikesedge
- Cyperus squarrosus Bearded Flatsedge
- Cyperus tenuifolius
- Cyperus tuberosus North Coast Purple Nutsedge
- Dactylis glomerata orchard grass
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium Durban Crowfoot
- Dactyloctenium aristatum
- Dactyloctenium scindicum Sindh Crowfoot
- Dendrocalamus brandisii
- Dendrocalamus giganteus Giant Bamboo
- Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
- Dendrocalamus membranaceus waya bamboo
- Dendrocalamus strictus Male Bamboo
- Desmostachya bipinnata halfa grass
- Dichanthium annulatum Kleberg's bluestem
- Dichanthium aristatum Angleton Bluestem
- Dichanthium caricosum
- Dichanthium foveolatum
- Diectomis fastigiata
- Digitaria abludens
- Digitaria bicornis Asian Crabgrass
- Digitaria ciliaris Tropical Finger-grass
- Digitaria longiflora False Couch Finger Grass
- Digitaria parviflora Small-flowered Finger Grass
- Digitaria pennata
- Digitaria sanguinalis Hairy Crabgrass
- Digitaria setigera East Indian crabgrass
- Digitaria stricta
- Digitaria violascens Violet Crabgrass
- Dinebra panicea Mucronate Sprangletop
- Dinebra retroflexa Cats Tail Vlei Grass
- Diplachne fusca
- Echinochloa colona Jungle Rice
- Echinochloa colonum
- Echinochloa crus-galli barnyardgrass
- Echinochloa frumentacea white millet
- Eleocharis atropurpurea purple spikerush
- Eleocharis dulcis Water Chestnut
- Eleocharis geniculata Canada Spikesedge
- Eleocharis palustris common spikerush
- Eleusine coracana Finger Millet
- Eleusine indica Goose Grass
- Elionurus royleanus
- Elytrophorus spicatus Spike Grass
- Enneapogon cenchroides Soft Feather Pappus Grass
- Enteropogon dolichostachyus
- Eragrostiella bifaria
- Eragrostiella brachyphylla
- Eragrostis aegyptiaca
- Eragrostis atrovirens Thalia Lovegrass
- Eragrostis cilianensis stinkgrass
- Eragrostis ciliaris Gophertail Lovegrass
- Eragrostis ciliata
- Eragrostis coarctata
- Eragrostis curvula African love grass
- Eragrostis gangetica slimflower lovegrass
- Eragrostis japonica Pond Lovegrass
- Eragrostis minor Little Lovegrass
- Eragrostis patula Elastic Grass
- Eragrostis pilosa Jersey Love-grass
- Eragrostis schweinfurthii
- Eragrostis spectabilis Purple Lovegrass
- Eragrostis tenella Feather Lovegrass
- Eragrostis tenellula
- Eragrostis tremula
- Eragrostis unioloides Chinese lovegrass
- Eragrostis viscosa Sticky Love Grass
- Eriochloa procera Cup Grass
- Erioscirpus comosus
- Euclasta clarkei
- Eulaliopsis binata sabaigrass
- Festuca myuros
- Fimbristylis aestivalis Summer Fimbry
- Fimbristylis argentea
- Fimbristylis bisumbellata
- Fimbristylis dichotoma Common Fringe-rush
- Fimbristylis falcata
- Fimbristylis ferruginea West Indian fimbry
- Fimbristylis littoralis Grass-like Fimbry
- Fimbristylis quinquangularis Fiveangle Fimbry
- Fimbristylis schoenoides Ditch Fimbry
- Fimbristylis squarrosa
- Fimbristylis tenera
- Fimbristylis tetragona
- Fuirena ciliaris
- Gigantochloa albociliata
- Hackelochloa granularis Pitscale Grass
- Halopyrum mucronatum
- Hemarthria altissima Limpograss
- Hemarthria compressa Jove grass
- Heteropogon contortus tanglehead
- Heteropogon triticeus Giant Speargrass
- Hygroryza aristata Floating Bamboo
- Hyparrhenia rufa thatching grass
- Imperata cylindrica Cogon Grass
- Isachne globosa Swamp Millet
- Ischaemum afrum
- Ischaemum anthephoroides
- Ischaemum aristatum Toco grass
- Ischaemum bombaiense
- Ischaemum commutatum
- Ischaemum molle
- Ischaemum rugosum Ribbed Murainagrass
- Ischaemum travancorense
- Iseilema anthephoroides
- Iseilema prostratum
- Janochloa antidotalis
- Koeleria pyramidata Prairie Junegrass
- Lasiurus scindicus
- Leersia hexandra Native rice grass
- Louisiella paludosa
- Megathyrsus maximus
- Melanocenchris abyssinica
- Melanocenchris jacquemontii desert black-millet
- Melinis repens natal grass
- Melocanna baccifera
- Mnesithea granularis
- Moorochloa eruciformis Sweet Signal Grass
- Muhlenbergia emersleyi Bull Grass
- Neyraudia reynaudiana Burma Reed
- Ochlandra travancorica
- Ophiuros exaltatus
- Oplismenus burmanni Burmann's basketgrass
- Oplismenus undulatifolius wavyleaf basketgrass
- Oropetium thomaeum
- Oryza glaberrima African rice
- Oryza minuta
- Oryza rufipogon Brownbeard rice
- Oryza sativa Asian Rice
- Oxytenanthera abyssinica African Bamboo
- Panicum curviflorum
- Panicum miliaceum Proso Millet
- Panicum repens Torpedo grass
- Panicum sumatrense Barefoot Panicgrass
- Parahyparrhenia khannae
- Paspalum dilatatum Dallis grass
- Paspalum distichum knot grass
- Paspalum notatum Bahia grass
- Paspalum scrobiculatum Ditch millet
- Paspalum vaginatum seashore paspalum
- Perotis indica
- Phalaris minor Lesser Canary Grass
- Phragmites australis common reed
- Phragmites karka Tall Reed
- Phyllostachys aurea fishpole bamboo
- Phyllostachys nigra Black Bamboo
- Phyllostachys rubromarginata reddish bamboo
- Pleioblastus variegatus Dwarf White Stripe Bamboo
- Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass
- Poa nemoralis Wood Meadow-grass
- Pogonatherum crinitum Poginatherum crinitum
- Polypogon monspeliensis rabbitfoot grass
- Polytoca gigantea
- Polytrias indica Batiki Bluegrass
- Pseudopogonatherum contortum
- Pseudopogonatherum trispicatum
- Pseudoraphis sordida
- Pseudoraphis spinescens Spiny mud grass
- Pseudosasa japonica Arrow Bamboo
- Pseudosorghum fasciculare
- Rhynchospora colorata whitetop sedge
- Rottboellia cochinchinensis Itchgrass
- Saccharum officinarum Sugarcane
- Saccharum spontaneum Wild Cane
- Schizachyrium brevifolium serillo dulce
- Schizachyrium exile
- Schizostachyum dullooa
- Schizostachyum pergracile
- Schoenefeldia gracilis
- Schoenoplectiella articulata
- Schoenoplectiella lateriflora
- Schoenoplectiella mucronata Bog Bulrush
- Schoenoplectiella roylei
- Schoenoplectiella senegalensis Spring Onion Clubrush
- Schoenoplectiella supina
- Schoenoplectus litoralis Shore Club-rush
- Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani soft-stemmed bulrush
- Scleria stocksiana
- Scleria tessellata
- Sehima nervosa
- Sehima sulcata
- Setaria adhaerens bur bristle grass
- Setaria distans
- Setaria flavida
- Setaria geminata Egyptian Panicgrass
- Setaria intermedia
- Setaria italica Foxtail Bristle-grass
- Setaria paniculifera
- Setaria parviflora knotroot bristlegrass
- Setaria pumila yellow foxtail
- Setaria verticillata hooked bristle grass
- Setaria viridis Green Bristle Grass
- Sorghum bicolor Sorghum
- Sorghum halepense Johnson grass
- Sorghum nitidum
- Spodiopogon cotulifer
- Spodiopogon rhizophorus
- Sporobolus coromandelianus
- Sporobolus diandrus tussock dropseed
- Sporobolus fertilis Bloomsbury Grass
- Sporobolus helvolus
- Sporobolus indicus smut grass
- Sporobolus ioclados Pan Dropseed
- Sporobolus tenuissimus Tropical Dropseed
- Sporobolus virginicus seashore dropseed
- Tetrapogon cenchriformis
- Tetrapogon tenellus
- Thelepogon elegans
- Themeda laxa
- Themeda quadrivalvis Grader Grass
- Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
- Thysanolaena latifolia Nepalese Broom Grass
- Tragus berteronianus African bur-grass
- Tragus mongolorum Indian Bur Grass
- Tragus racemosus European Bur-grass
- Trilobachne cookei NT
- Tripidium bengalense
- Tripidium ravennae ravenna grass
- Triplopogon ramosissimus
- Tripogon bromoides
- Tripogon capillatus
- Tripogon jacquemontii
- Tripogon lisboae
- Tripogon purpurascens
- Triticum aestivum Bread Wheat
- Urochloa deflexa deflexed brachiaria
- Urochloa distachyos green summer grass
- Urochloa mutica Para Grass
- Urochloa panicoides Liverseed Grass
- Urochloa ramosa Browntop Millet
- Urochloa reptans Sprawling Signalgrass
- Urochloa setigera
- Urochondra setulosa
- Zea mays Maize
- Zoysia matrella Manila grass
Grasses and sedges elsewhere
India · Andaman and Nicobar · Andhra Pradesh · Arunachal Pradesh · Assam · Bihar · Chandigarh · Chhattisgarh · Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu · Delhi · Goa · Gujarat · Haryana · Himachal Pradesh · Jammu and Kashmir · Jharkhand · Karnataka · Kerala · Ladakh · Lakshadweep · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra · Manipur · Meghalaya · Mizoram · Nagaland · Odisha · Puducherry · Punjab · Rajasthan · Sikkim · Tamil Nadu · Telangana · Tripura · Uttar Pradesh · Uttarakhand · West Bengal · Trans-Himalaya · Himalaya · Desert · Western Ghats · Deccan Peninsula · Gangetic Plain · Coasts · North-East · Islands
Other species of the semi-arid zone
Birds · Large mammals · Bats · Rodents, shrews and hares · Whales, dolphins and other mammals · Reptiles · Amphibians · Fish · Butterflies · Moths · Dragonflies and damselflies · Beetles · Bees, wasps and ants · Flies · True bugs · Other insects · Spiders and other arachnids · Molluscs · Crabs, shrimps and kin · Orchids · Ferns and lycophytes · Other flowering plants and conifers · Mosses and liverworts · Lichens · Fungi · Algae and diatoms · Other species