Fire Effects on Grass Species
Southeastern grass species included in the Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) and the Encyclopedia of Southern Fire Science (ESFS). For information on a particular species, either access the link provided to FEIS or use the search tool provided in ESF
Species | Common Name | FEIS | ESFS |
| Agrostis gigantea | redtop | AGRGIG | |
| Andropogon cabanisii | firegrass | ANDCAB | |
| Andropogon gerardii var. gerardii | big bluestem | ANDGERG | |
| Andropogon ternarius | paintbrush bluestem | ANDTER | |
| Andropogon virginicus | broomsedge bluestem | ANDVIR | |
| Aristida purpurea | purple threeawn | ARIPUR | |
| Aristida stricta | pineland threeawn | ARISTR | * |
| Arundo donax | giant reed | ARUDON | |
| Arundinaria gigantea | cane | ARUGIG | * |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | sideoats grama | BOUCUR | |
| Bouteloua gracilis | blue grama | BOUGRA | |
| Bouteloua hirsuta | hairy grama | BOUHIR | |
| Bromus ciliatus | fringed brome | BROCIL | |
| Bromus hordeaceus | soft chess | BROHOR | |
| Bromus inermis | smooth brome | BROINE | |
| Buchloe dactyloides | buffalo grass | BUCDAC | |
| Carex pensylvanica | yellow sedge | CARPEN | |
| Carex stricta | tussock sedge | CARSTR | |
| Cladium jamaicense | sawgrass | CLAJAM | |
| Dactylis glomerata | orchardgrass | DACGLO | |
| Danthonia compressa | mountain oatgrass | DANCOM | |
| Danthonia spicata | poverty oatgrass | DANSPI | |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | tufted hairgrass | DESCES | |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum | woolly panicum | DICACU | |
| Echinochloa crus-galli | barnyard grass | ECHCRU | |
| Eleocharis palustris | common spikerush | ELEPAL | |
| Eleocharis rostellata | beaked spikerush | ELEROS | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada wildrye | ELYCAN | |
| Elytrigia repens | quackgrass | ELYREP | |
| Elymus trachycaulus | slender wheatgrass | ELYTRA | |
| Eragrostis curvula | weeping lovegrass | ERACUR | |
| Eragrostis intermedia | plains lovegrass | ERAINT | |
| Festuca altaica | rough fescue | FESALT | |
| Festuca arundinacea | tall fescue | FESARU | |
| Festuca rubra | red fescue | FESRUB | |
| Juncus roemerianus | black rush | JUNROE | |
| Koeleria macrantha | prairie Junegrass | KOEMAC | |
| Muhlenbergia cuspidata | plains muhly | MUHCUS | |
| Muhlenbergia racemosa | green muhly | MUHRAC | |
| Panicum hemitomon | maidencane | PANHEM | |
| Panicum obtusum | vine-mesquite | PANOBT | |
| Panicum virgatum | switchgrass | PANVIR | |
| Paspalum distichum | knotgrass | PASDIS | |
| Phalaris arundinacea | reed canarygrass | PHAARU | |
| Phleum pratense | timothy | PHLPRA | |
| Phragmites australis | common reed | PHRAUS | |
| Poa pratensis | Kentucky bluegrass | POAPRA | |
| Poa secunda | Sandberg bluegrass | POASEC | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | little bluestem | SCHSCO | |
| Schizachyrium tenerum | slender bluestem | SCHTEN | |
| Scirpus acutus | hardstem bulrush | SCIACU | |
| Scirpus americanus | Olney threesquare | SCIAME | |
| Scirpus robustus | saltmarsh bulrush | SCIROB | |
| Scirpus subterminalis | water bulrush | SCISUB | |
| Scirpus validus | soft-stem bulrush | SCIVAL | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | indiangrass | SORNUT | |
| Spartina alterniflora | smooth cordgrass | SPAALT | |
| Spartina patens | saltmeadow cordgrass | SPAPAT | |
| Spartina pectinata | prairie cordgrass | SPAPEC | |
| Sporobolus airoides | alkali sacaton | SPOAIR | |
| Sporobolus asper | rough dropseed | SPOASP | |
| Sporobolus cryptandrus | sand dropseed | SPOCRY | |
| Sporobolus heterolepis | prairie dropseed | SPOHET | |
| Typha angustifolia | narrow-leaved cattail | TYPANG | |
| Typha latifolia | common cattail | TYPLAT | |
| Uniola paniculata | sea oats | UNIPAN |
