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RECOMMENDED NATIVE ALTERNATIVES FOR NON-NATIVE GRASSES IN <br />NORTH CAROLINA** <br />(Species are appropriate for all geographic regions unless otherwise indicated) <br /> <br />NON-NATIVE SPECIES NATIVE SPECIES <br /> Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii <br /> Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium <br /> Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans <br />Crownvetch Switchgrass Panicum virgatum <br />Centipede Beaked panicgrass Panicum anceps <br />Bermuda Purpletop Tridens flavus <br /> Roundheaded bushclover Lespedeza capitata <br /> Deer tongue Dicanthelium clandestinum <br /> Sensitive partridge pea Chamaecrista nictitans <br /> Partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata <br /> Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii <br /> Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium <br /> Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans <br /> Switchgrass Panicum virgatum <br />Kentucky bluegrass Beaked panicgrass Panicum anceps <br />Tall fescue Purpletop Tridens flavus <br />Sudangrass Broomsedge Andropogon virginicus <br /> Deer tongue Dicanthelium clandestinum <br /> Canadian wildrye Elymus canadensis <br /> Virginia wildrye Elymus virginicus <br /> Sensitive partridge pea Chamaecrista nictitans <br /> Partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata <br /> Switchgrass Panicum virgatum <br /> Splitbeard bluestem Andropogon ternarius <br />Sericea lespedeza Beggarlice Desmodium spp. <br />Kobe lespedeza Deer tongue Dicanthelium clandestinum <br /> Sensitive partridge pea Chamaecrista nictitans <br /> Partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata <br /> <br />246