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90 <br /> RECOMMENDED NATIVE ALTERNATIVES FOR NON-NATIVE GRASSES IN <br /> NORTH CAROLINA* <br /> (Species are appropriate for all geographic regions unless otherwise indicated) <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 asciculata <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 asciculata <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 asciculata <br />