Grasses and sedges of Uttarakhand
669 grasses and sedges on the India list have an open record placed in Uttarakhand, 29 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 Uttarakhand endemic to India (29)
- Agropyron thomsonii
- Agrostis barikii
- Arundinella metzii
- Arundinella nervosa
- Arundinella tuberculata
- Carex nandadeviensis
- Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
- Dendrocalamus somdevae
- Dichanthium foulkesii
- Digitaria duthieana DD
- Eulalia hirtifolia
- Eulaliopsis binata sabaigrass
- Festuca lucida
- Festuca nandadevica
- Fimbristylis multicephala
- Fimbristylis narayanii
- Fuirena cuspidata
- Hyalopoa nutans
- Iseilema anthephoroides
- Koeleria micans
- Oropetium roxburghianum
- Oropetium villosulum
- Poa garhwalensis
- Poa rhadina
- Poa sorengiana
- Pogonatherum paniceum
- Pseudodanthonia himalaica
- Sehima notata
- Yushania anceps Indian Fountain-bamboo
All grasses and sedges of Uttarakhand on the list (669)
- Abildgaardia ovata Flatspike Sedge
- Achnatherum jacquemontii
- Achnatherum sibiricum
- Acrachne racemosa goosegrass
- Actinoscirpus grossus giant bulrush
- Agropogon lutosus
- Agropyron thomsonii
- Agrostis barikii
- Agrostis griffithiana
- Agrostis hookeriana
- Agrostis inaequiglumis
- Agrostis micrantha
- Agrostis munroana
- Agrostis nervosa
- Agrostis pilosula
- Agrostis stolonifera Creeping Bent
- Agrostis vinealis Brown Bent
- Alloteropsis cimicina Bugseed Grass
- Alloteropsis semialata Cockatoo grass
- Alopecurus aequalis short-awn foxtail
- Alopecurus arundinaceus Creeping Foxtail
- Alopecurus borii
- Alopecurus geniculatus Marsh foxtail
- Alopecurus himalaicus
- Alopecurus myosuroides Black-grass
- Alopecurus nepalensis
- Andropogon munroi
- Andropogon pumilus
- Anthoxanthum horsfieldii
- Anthoxanthum laxum
- Anthoxanthum odoratum sweet vernal grass
- Apluda mutica Glutene-rice Grass
- Apocopis paleaceus
- Apocopis vaginatus
- Aristida adscensionis sixweeks three-awn
- Aristida cyanantha
- Aristida hystrix
- Arthraxon hispidus small carpetgrass
- Arthraxon lanceolatus
- Arthraxon lancifolius
- Arthraxon prionodes
- Arundinella bengalensis
- Arundinella holcoides
- Arundinella metzii
- Arundinella nepalensis Dardy's Oats
- Arundinella nervosa
- Arundinella pumila
- Arundinella setosa
- Arundinella tuberculata
- Arundo donax giant reed
- Arundo plinii false reed
- Avena barbata slender wild oat
- Avena fatua wild oat
- Avena sativa Common Oat
- Avena sterilis animated oat
- Bambusa bambos Indian Thorny Bamboo
- Bambusa multiplex hedge bamboo
- Bambusa nutans
- Bambusa tulda Indian timber bamboo
- Bambusa vulgaris common bamboo
- Blysmus compressus Flat-sedge
- Bolboschoenus maritimus sea clubrush
- Bothriochloa bladhii Australian Bluestem
- Bothriochloa insculpta Pinhole Grass
- Bothriochloa ischaemum King Ranch bluestem
- Bothriochloa kuntzeana
- Bothriochloa pertusa pitted bluestem
- Brachiaria remota
- Brachypodium distachyon purple false-brome
- Brachypodium sylvaticum Slender False Brome
- Briza media Quaking-grass
- Bromus catharticus Rescue Brome
- Bromus confinis
- Bromus himalaicus
- Bromus hordeaceus common soft brome
- Bromus inermis Smooth Brome
- Bromus japonicus Japanese brome
- Bromus oxyodon
- Bromus pectinatus
- Bromus porphyranthos
- Bromus racemosus Bald Brome
- Bromus ramosus Hairy-brome
- Bromus staintonii
- Bromus tectorum Cheatgrass
- Bulbostylis barbata Watergrass
- Bulbostylis densa
- Calamagrostis arundinacea rough reedgrass
- Calamagrostis canadensis canadian bluejoint
- Calamagrostis emodensis Garhwal Reedgrass
- Calamagrostis filiformis
- Calamagrostis holciformis
- Calamagrostis lahulensis
- Calamagrostis nagarum
- Calamagrostis pseudophragmites coastal small-reed
- Calamagrostis scabrescens
- Calamagrostis staintonii
- Calamagrostis stolizkae
- Campeiostachys himalayana
- Campeiostachys nutans
- Campeiostachys schrenkiana
- Capillipedium assimile
- Capillipedium huegelii
- Capillipedium parviflorum Scented Top
- Carex acutiformis lesser pond sedge
- Carex alopecuroides
- Carex alta
- Carex atrata Black Alpine Sedge
- Carex atrofusca scorched alpine-sedge
- Carex breviculmis grassland sedge
- Carex brunnea greater brown sedge
- Carex canescens hoary sedge
- Carex capillacea
- Carex capillifolia
- Carex cardiolepis
- Carex cespitosa Hassock-grass
- Carex clavispica
- Carex condensata
- Carex continua
- Carex cruciata Cross Sedge
- Carex cruenta
- Carex deasyi
- Carex desponsa
- Carex dimorpholepis
- Carex doniana
- Carex eminens
- Carex esenbeckii
- Carex fedia
- Carex filicina
- Carex fissiglumis
- Carex fusiformis
- Carex gracilenta
- Carex haematostoma
- Carex hebecarpa
- Carex inanis
- Carex infuscata
- Carex kokanica
- Carex kumaonensis
- Carex laeta
- Carex lehmannii
- Carex lenta
- Carex longicruris
- Carex longipes
- Carex melanantha
- Carex microglochin bristle sedge
- Carex munda
- Carex muricata Prickly Sedge
- Carex myosuroides Mouse-tail bog sedge
- Carex myosurus
- Carex nandadeviensis
- Carex nivalis
- Carex norvegica Intermediate Sedge
- Carex notha
- Carex nubigena
- Carex nudicarpa
- Carex obscura
- Carex orbicularis
- Carex ovoidispica
- Carex pamirensis
- Carex parva
- Carex parvula
- Carex phacota Lakeshore sedge
- Carex pinguipes
- Carex plectobasis
- Carex praecox Vernal Sedge
- Carex pseudobicolor
- Carex pseudocyperus Cyperus Sedge
- Carex pseudofoetida
- Carex pseudolaxa
- Carex psychrophila
- Carex rochebrunei
- Carex rostrata beaked sedge
- Carex sanguinea
- Carex sempervirens evergreen sedge
- Carex setigera
- Carex setosa
- Carex speciosa
- Carex stenophylla involute-leaved sedge
- Carex stracheyi
- Carex stramentitia
- Carex supina weak arctic sedge
- Carex thomsonii
- Carex unciniiformis
- Carex vulpinaris
- Carex wallichiana
- Carex winterbottomii
- Catabrosella himalaica
- Cenchrus alopecuroides
- Cenchrus americanus
- Cenchrus ciliaris buffelgrass
- Cenchrus clandestinus Kikuyu Grass
- Cenchrus flaccidus
- Cenchrus lanatus
- Cenchrus orientalis
- Cenchrus pedicellatus
- Cenchrus purpureus napier grass
- Chloris barbata Finger Grass
- Chloris flagellifera
- Chloris gayana Rhodes Grass
- Chloris montana
- Chrysopogon aciculatus Wild Oat Grass
- Chrysopogon fulvus Reddish-Yellow Beardgrass
- Chrysopogon gryllus Scented Grass
- Chrysopogon nodulibarbis
- Chrysopogon serrulatus Golden Beard Grass
- Chrysopogon zizanioides Vetiver
- Coix lacryma-jobi Job's Tears
- Cyathopus sikkimensis
- Cymbopogon caesius Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass
- Cymbopogon citratus Lemon Grass
- Cymbopogon distans
- Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
- Cymbopogon gidarba
- Cymbopogon iwarancusa
- Cymbopogon jwarancusa Iwarancusa grass
- Cymbopogon khasianus
- Cymbopogon martini rosha grass
- Cymbopogon microstachys
- Cymbopogon nardus citronella grass
- Cymbopogon osmastonii
- Cymbopogon pospischilii Narrowleaf Turpentine Grass
- Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass
- Cynodon radiatus
- Cyperus albescens
- Cyperus alopecuroides foxtail flatsedge
- Cyperus alternifolius Umbrella Papyrus
- Cyperus alulatus
- Cyperus amabilis foothill flatsedge
- Cyperus brevifolius Shortleaf Spikesedge
- Cyperus bulbosus
- Cyperus ceylanicus
- Cyperus compactus
- Cyperus compressus Poorland Flatsedge
- Cyperus corymbosus
- Cyperus cruentus
- Cyperus cuspidatus coastal plain flatsedge
- Cyperus cyperinus Old World flatsedge
- Cyperus cyperoides Pacific island flatsedge
- Cyperus diaphanus
- Cyperus difformis Variable Flatsedge
- Cyperus digitatus Finger Flatsedge
- Cyperus distans Slender cyperus
- Cyperus dubius soft sedge
- Cyperus esculentus yellow nutsedge
- Cyperus exaltatus Giant Sedge
- Cyperus flavidus yellow flatsedge
- Cyperus fucosus
- Cyperus haspan Haspan Flatsedge
- Cyperus iria Rice flat-sedge
- Cyperus javanicus Javanese Flatsedge
- Cyperus kyllingiella
- Cyperus laxus
- Cyperus membranaceus
- Cyperus metzii Asian Spikesedge
- Cyperus michelianus
- Cyperus mindorensis whitehead spikesedge
- Cyperus neochinensis
- Cyperus niveus snow white sedge
- Cyperus nutans
- Cyperus odoratus Fragrant flatsedge
- Cyperus ohwii
- Cyperus pangorei
- Cyperus paniceus
- Cyperus papyrus Papyrus sedge
- Cyperus pilosus fuzzy flatsedge
- Cyperus polystachyos Bunchy flat-sedge
- Cyperus procerus
- Cyperus pseudokyllingioides
- Cyperus pulchellus
- Cyperus pumilus Annual Flat-sedge
- Cyperus rotundus Purple nutsedge
- Cyperus sanguinolentus purpleglume flatsedge
- Cyperus serotinus Umbrella Sedge
- Cyperus sesquiflorus Fragrant Spikesedge
- Cyperus squarrosus Bearded Flatsedge
- Cyperus substramineus
- Cyperus sulcinux
- Cyperus tenuiculmis
- Cyperus tenuifolius
- Cyperus tenuispica
- Cyperus unioloides
- Cyrtococcum accrescens
- Cyrtococcum patens
- Dactylis glomerata orchard grass
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium Durban Crowfoot
- Dendrocalamus giganteus Giant Bamboo
- Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
- Dendrocalamus somdevae
- Dendrocalamus strictus Male Bamboo
- Deschampsia cespitosa tufted hair grass
- Desmostachya bipinnata halfa grass
- Dichanthium annulatum Kleberg's bluestem
- Dichanthium aristatum Angleton Bluestem
- Dichanthium caricosum
- Dichanthium foulkesii
- Dichanthium foveolatum
- Digitaria abludens
- Digitaria bicornis Asian Crabgrass
- Digitaria ciliaris Tropical Finger-grass
- Digitaria compacta raishan
- Digitaria cruciata crabgrass
- Digitaria duthieana DD
- Digitaria griffithii
- Digitaria longiflora False Couch Finger Grass
- Digitaria radicosa trailing crabgrass
- Digitaria sanguinalis Hairy Crabgrass
- Digitaria setigera East Indian crabgrass
- Digitaria stricta
- Digitaria violascens Violet Crabgrass
- Dimeria ornithopoda
- Dinebra chinensis Chinese Sprangletop
- Dinebra panicea Mucronate Sprangletop
- Dinebra retroflexa Cats Tail Vlei Grass
- Diplacrum caricinum Common Diplacrum
- Drepanostachyum falcatum Bagadchhal
- Duthiea brachypodium
- Duthiea bromoides
- Echinochloa colona Jungle Rice
- Echinochloa colonum
- Echinochloa crus-galli barnyardgrass
- Echinochloa crus-pavonis Gulf cockspur
- Echinochloa frumentacea white millet
- Echinochloa stagnina Burgu
- Eleocharis acutangula acute spikerush
- Eleocharis atropurpurea purple spikerush
- Eleocharis congesta spikerush
- Eleocharis dulcis Water Chestnut
- Eleocharis palustris common spikerush
- Eleocharis quinqueflora Few-flower Spikerush
- Eleocharis tetraquetra square-stemmed spike-rush
- Eleusine coracana Finger Millet
- Eleusine indica Goose Grass
- Elymus caninus bearded wild rye
- Elymus czimganicus
- Elymus dentatus
- Elymus duthiei
- Elymus longearistatus
- Elymus semicostatus drooping wildrye
- Elymus sibiricus Siberian Wild Rye
- Elytrophorus spicatus Spike Grass
- Enteropogon dolichostachyus
- Eragrostiella bifaria
- Eragrostiella nardoides
- Eragrostis atrovirens Thalia Lovegrass
- Eragrostis cilianensis
- Eragrostis coarctata
- Eragrostis curvula African love grass
- Eragrostis gangetica slimflower lovegrass
- Eragrostis inamoena
- Eragrostis japonica Pond Lovegrass
- Eragrostis minor Little Lovegrass
- Eragrostis multicaulis
- Eragrostis multiflora
- Eragrostis nigra
- Eragrostis nutans
- Eragrostis papposa
- Eragrostis pilosa Jersey Love-grass
- Eragrostis tenella Feather Lovegrass
- Eragrostis tenuifolia Elastic Grass
- Eragrostis tremula
- Eragrostis unioloides Chinese lovegrass
- Eragrostis viscosa Sticky Love Grass
- Eriochloa procera Cup Grass
- Erioscirpus comosus
- Erioscirpus microstachyus
- Eulalia hirtifolia
- Eulalia leschenaultiana
- Eulalia mollis
- Eulalia staintonii
- Eulaliopsis binata sabaigrass
- Festuca alatavica
- Festuca coelestis
- Festuca kashmiriana Kashmir Grass
- Festuca lucida
- Festuca myuros
- Festuca nandadevica
- Festuca octoflora
- Festuca polycolea
- Festuca rubra red fescue DD
- Festuca tibetica
- Festuca valesiaca Valais Fescue
- Festuca wallichiana
- Fimbristylis acicularis
- Fimbristylis acuminata Pointed Fimbry
- Fimbristylis aestivalis Summer Fimbry
- Fimbristylis aphylla
- Fimbristylis argentea
- Fimbristylis autumnalis Slender Fimbry
- Fimbristylis bisumbellata
- Fimbristylis complanata Puerto Rico fimbry
- Fimbristylis dichotoma Common Fringe-rush
- Fimbristylis falcata
- Fimbristylis ferruginea West Indian fimbry
- Fimbristylis fusca
- Fimbristylis merguensis
- Fimbristylis microcarya
- Fimbristylis multicephala
- Fimbristylis narayanii
- Fimbristylis nutans
- Fimbristylis pierotii
- Fimbristylis quinquangularis Fiveangle Fimbry
- Fimbristylis rigidula
- Fimbristylis schoenoides Ditch Fimbry
- Fimbristylis squarrosa
- Fimbristylis tenera
- Fimbristylis umbellaris
- Fuirena ciliaris
- Fuirena cuspidata
- Garnotia emodi
- Garnotia tenella
- Glyceria tonglensis
- Hackelochloa granularis Pitscale Grass
- Helictochloa pratensis Meadow Oat-grass
- Hemarthria altissima Limpograss
- Hemarthria compressa Jove grass
- Hesperochloa modesta
- Hesperochloa nitidula
- Heteropogon contortus tanglehead
- Heteropogon melanocarpus Sweet Tanglehead
- Himalayacalamus falconeri Deo Ringaal
- Hordeum vulgare Common Barley
- Hyalopoa nutans
- Imperata cylindrica Cogon Grass
- Isachne albens
- Isachne globosa Swamp Millet
- Isachne himalaica
- Isachne pulchella isachne
- Ischaemum rugosum Ribbed Murainagrass
- Iseilema anthephoroides
- Iseilema prostratum
- Isolepis cernua Slender Clubrush
- Isolepis setacea Bristle-leaf Bulrush
- Janochloa antidotalis
- Koeleria macrantha Prairie Junegrass
- Koeleria micans
- Koeleria pyramidata Prairie Junegrass
- Koeleria spicata
- Leersia hexandra Native rice grass
- Leucopoa olgae
- Leymus duthiei
- Leymus secalinus wildrye
- Lolium arundinaceum tall fescue
- Lolium giganteum Giant Fescue
- Lolium multiflorum Italian Ryegrass
- Lolium perenne Perennial Ryegrass
- Lolium persicum Persian Darnel
- Lolium pratense meadow fescue
- Lolium remotum Flaxfield Rye-grass
- Lolium rigidum Mediterranean Rye-grass
- Lolium temulentum Darnel Ryegrass
- Louisiella paludosa
- Melica persica Persian Melic Grass
- Melica scaberrima
- Melinis repens natal grass
- Microstegium delicatulum
- Microstegium eucnemis
- Microstegium falconeri
- Microstegium fasciculatum Bundled Browntop Grass
- Microstegium japonicum
- Microstegium nudum
- Microstegium petiolare
- Microstegium vimineum Japanese stiltgrass
- Milium effusum Wood Millet
- Miscanthus fuscus
- Miscanthus nepalensis Himalayan fairy grass
- Miscanthus sinensis Chinese silver grass
- Mnesithea laevis
- Muhlenbergia duthieana
- Muhlenbergia himalayensis
- Muhlenbergia huegelii
- Muhlenbergia mexicana Mexican Muhly
- Muhlenbergia montana mountain muhly
- Muhlenbergia pungens Sandhill Muhly
- Muhlenbergia sylvatica Woodland Muhly
- Narenga porphyrocoma
- Neyraudia arundinacea Madagascar grass
- Neyraudia reynaudiana Burma Reed
- Ophiuros exaltatus
- Oplismenus burmanni Burmann's basketgrass
- Oplismenus compositus Awned Panick Grass
- Oplismenus undulatifolius wavyleaf basketgrass
- Oropetium roxburghianum
- Oropetium thomaeum
- Oropetium villosulum
- Orthoraphium roylei
- Oryza sativa Asian Rice
- Panicum atrosanguineum
- Panicum curviflorum
- Panicum humile
- Panicum miliaceum Proso Millet
- Panicum notatum
- Panicum repens Torpedo grass
- Panicum sarmentosum
- Panicum sumatrense Barefoot Panicgrass
- Paspalum conjugatum Hilograss
- Paspalum dilatatum Dallis grass
- Paspalum distichum knot grass
- Paspalum scorbiculatum
- Paspalum scrobiculatum Ditch millet
- Paspalum vaginatum seashore paspalum
- Perotis hordeiformis
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
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