Grasses and sedges of West Bengal
202 grasses and sedges on the India list have an open record placed in West Bengal, 3 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 West Bengal endemic to India (3)
All grasses and sedges of West Bengal on the list (202)
- Abildgaardia ovata Flatspike Sedge
- Aeluropus lagopoides rabbit foot aeluropus
- Agrostis tripilifera
- Alloteropsis cimicina Bugseed Grass
- Apluda mutica Glutene-rice Grass
- Apocopis paleaceus
- Aristida adscensionis sixweeks three-awn
- Aristida setacea
- Arundinella decempedalis
- Arundo donax giant reed
- Axonopus compressus broadleaf carpetgrass
- Bambusa balcooa Female Bamboo
- Bambusa bambos Indian Thorny Bamboo
- Bambusa longispiculata bamboo
- Bambusa multiplex hedge bamboo
- Bambusa pallida
- Bambusa polymorpha Burmese bamboo
- Bambusa tulda Indian timber bamboo
- Bambusa ventricosa Buddha's belly
- Bambusa vulgaris common bamboo
- Bothriochloa pertusa pitted bluestem
- Bulbostylis barbata Watergrass
- Bulbostylis capillaris Densetuft Hairsedge
- Calamagrostis lahulensis
- Calamagrostis scabrescens
- Carex filicina
- Carex inanis
- Carex indica
- Carex insignis
- Carex longipes
- Carex myosurus
- Carex nakaoana
- Carex nubigena
- Carex polycephala
- Carex raphidocarpa
- Carex rara
- Carex teres
- Cenchrus americanus
- Cenchrus ciliaris buffelgrass
- Cenchrus clandestinus Kikuyu Grass
- Cenchrus pedicellatus
- Cenchrus purpureus napier grass
- Cenchrus setosus
- Centotheca lappacea
- Cephalostachyum capitatum
- Chloris barbata Finger Grass
- Chloris virgata feather finger grass
- Chrysopogon aciculatus Wild Oat Grass
- Chrysopogon zizanioides Vetiver
- Coix lacryma-jobi Job's Tears
- Cymbopogon citratus Lemon Grass
- Cymbopogon martini rosha grass
- Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass
- Cyperus alopecuroides foxtail flatsedge
- Cyperus alternifolius Umbrella Papyrus
- Cyperus brevifolius Shortleaf Spikesedge
- Cyperus compressus Poorland Flatsedge
- Cyperus corymbosus
- Cyperus cuspidatus coastal plain flatsedge
- Cyperus cyperoides Pacific island flatsedge
- Cyperus difformis Variable Flatsedge
- Cyperus diffusus Dwarf Umbrella Grass
- Cyperus distans Slender cyperus
- Cyperus esculentus yellow nutsedge
- Cyperus exaltatus Giant Sedge
- Cyperus flavidus yellow flatsedge
- Cyperus haspan Haspan Flatsedge
- Cyperus iria Rice flat-sedge
- Cyperus javanicus Javanese Flatsedge
- Cyperus mindorensis whitehead spikesedge
- Cyperus ochraceus Pond Flatsedge
- Cyperus pilosus fuzzy flatsedge
- Cyperus polystachyos Bunchy flat-sedge
- Cyperus procerus
- Cyperus pumilus Annual Flat-sedge
- Cyperus rotundus Purple nutsedge
- Cyperus scariosus
- Cyperus sulcinux
- Cyperus tenuispica
- Dactylis glomerata orchard grass
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium Durban Crowfoot
- Dendrocalamus giganteus Giant Bamboo
- Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
- Dendrocalamus membranaceus waya bamboo
- Dendrocalamus strictus Male Bamboo
- Desmostachya bipinnata halfa grass
- Dichanthium annulatum Kleberg's bluestem
- Dichanthium caricosum
- Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Blue Grass
- Digitaria compacta raishan
- Digitaria longiflora False Couch Finger Grass
- Digitaria radicosa trailing crabgrass
- Digitaria sanguinalis Hairy Crabgrass
- Digitaria setigera East Indian crabgrass
- Digitaria violascens Violet Crabgrass
- Dinebra panicea Mucronate Sprangletop
- Drepanostachyum khasianum
- Echinochloa colona Jungle Rice
- Eleocharis acicularis Needle Spikerush
- Eleusine coracana Finger Millet
- Eleusine indica Goose Grass
- Elymus semicostatus drooping wildrye
- Eragrostiella bifaria
- Eragrostis aspera Rough Love Grass
- Eragrostis coarctata
- Eragrostis elongata Close-headed Love-grass
- Eragrostis gangetica slimflower lovegrass
- Eragrostis japonica Pond Lovegrass
- Eragrostis minor Little Lovegrass
- Eragrostis pectinacea carolina lovegrass
- Eragrostis tenella Feather Lovegrass
- Eragrostis unioloides Chinese lovegrass
- Eragrostis viscosa Sticky Love Grass
- Eriochloa barbata
- Festuca leptopogon
- Fimbristylis aestivalis Summer Fimbry
- Fimbristylis bisumbellata
- Fimbristylis complanata Puerto Rico fimbry
- Fimbristylis dichotoma Common Fringe-rush
- Fimbristylis dipsacea Harper's Fimbristylis
- Fimbristylis ferruginea West Indian fimbry
- Fimbristylis littoralis Grass-like Fimbry
- Fimbristylis polytrichoides Fuzzy Rush
- Fimbristylis schoenoides Ditch Fimbry
- Fimbristylis squarrosa
- Fuirena ciliaris
- Garnotia stricta blue lawngrass
- Glyceria tonglensis
- Hemarthria compressa Jove grass
- Heteropogon contortus tanglehead
- Himalayacalamus falconeri Deo Ringaal
- Himalayacalamus hookerianus blue bamboo
- Hordeum vulgare Common Barley
- Hygroryza aristata Floating Bamboo
- Hymenachne aurita
- Imperata cylindrica Cogon Grass
- Isachne albens
- Isachne globosa Swamp Millet
- Ischaemum ciliare
- Ischaemum muticum Seashore Centipede Grass
- Ischaemum rugosum Ribbed Murainagrass
- Leersia hexandra Native rice grass
- Melinis minutiflora Molasses Grass
- Miscanthus nepalensis Himalayan fairy grass
- Mnesithea laevis
- Myriostachya wightiana
- Oplismenus burmanni Burmann's basketgrass
- Oplismenus compositus Awned Panick Grass
- Oplismenus undulatifolius wavyleaf basketgrass
- Oryza coarctata DD
- Oryza meyeriana
- Oryza rufipogon Brownbeard rice
- Oryza sativa Asian Rice
- Panicum sumatrense Barefoot Panicgrass
- Paspalum conjugatum Hilograss
- Paspalum distichum knot grass
- Paspalum scrobiculatum Ditch millet
- Paspalum sumatrense
- Perotis indica
- Phalaris arundinacea reed canary grass
- Phragmites karka Tall Reed
- Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass
- Poa trivialis Rough Meadow-grass
- Pogonatherum crinitum Poginatherum crinitum
- Pogonatherum paniceum
- Polypogon edgariae
- Pseudoraphis spinescens Spiny mud grass
- Rhynchospora colorata whitetop sedge
- Rottboellia cochinchinensis Itchgrass
- Rottboellia striata
- Saccharum officinarum Sugarcane
- Saccharum spontaneum Wild Cane
- Sacciolepis indica Indian Cupscale Grass
- Sarocalamus racemosus
- Schoenoplectiella articulata
- Schoenoplectiella lateriflora
- Scleria biflora nutrush
- Scleria levis
- Setaria barbata East Indian Bristlegrass
- Setaria flavida
- Setaria forbesiana
- Setaria italica Foxtail Bristle-grass
- Setaria megaphylla Broadleaf Bristlegrass
- Setaria palmifolia Palmgrass
- Setaria parviflora knotroot bristlegrass
- Setaria pumila yellow foxtail
- Setaria verticillata hooked bristle grass
- Sorghum halepense Johnson grass
- Sporobolus diandrus tussock dropseed
- Thamnocalamus spathiflorus Tham
- Thysanolaena latifolia Nepalese Broom Grass
- Tragus mongolorum Indian Bur Grass
- Trisetopsis virescens
- Triticum aestivum Bread Wheat
- Urochloa distachyos green summer grass
- Urochloa kurzii
- Urochloa mutica Para Grass
- Urochloa ramosa Browntop Millet
- Urochloa reptans Sprawling Signalgrass
- Urochloa setigera
- Yushania maling
- Zea mays Maize
Grasses and sedges elsewhere
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Other species of West Bengal
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