Lawn Alternatives Table
| Botanical Name | Common Name | Size | Exposure | Water | Soil |
| Muhlenbergia rigens | Deer grass | 3 feet | full sun | Moderate | tolerates sand, clay |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Muhly Grass | 3 ft | Sun/part shade | drought tol | good drainage |
| Carex flagellifera | Weeping Brown Sedge | 1-1.5 ft. | Sun/part shade | low-mod | moist, fertile |
| Carex praegracilis | Clustered field sedge | 6-8 in. | Sun/part shade | moderate=2-3x month | tolerates sand, clay |
| Carex pansa | California meadow sedge | 6-8 in. | Sun/part shade | moderate=2x month | tolerates sand, clay |
| Carex tumulicola | Berkeley sedge | 12-18 in. | Sun/part shade | low-drought tol | prefers well drained, will tol clay |
| Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' | Blue Fescue | 8-12 in. | Sun/part shade | low-drought tol | will tolerate clay, boggy soil |
| Festuca idahoensis | Idaho Blue Fescule | 1 ft | Sun/part shade | drought tol | avg to poor soil, well drained |
| Nassella tenuissima | Mexican Feather Grass | 2.5 ft | Sun/part shade | drought tol | prefers well drained, will tol clay |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little bluestem | 2-4 ft | Sun/part shade | drought tol | wide range of soils |
| Sesleria autumnalis | Autumn Moorgrass | 1.5 ft | Sun/part shade | drought tol | good drainage |
| Calamagrostis x acutiflora | Feather Reed Grass | 2-4 ft | Sun/part shade | moderate | prefers well drained, will tol clay |
| Helictotrichon sempervirens | Blue oat grass | 2 ft | Sun/part shade | mod drought tol | good drainage |
| Miscanthus sinensis | Maiden grass | 2-3 ft | Sun | mod drought tol | fertile soil, good drainage |
| Pennisetum setaceum Rubru | Purple fountain grass | 3-5 ft | Sun/part shade | mod drought tol | wide range of soils |
| Sporobolus heterolepsis | Prairie dropseed | 1-2 ft | Sun | drought tol | rocky soil |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass | 4-7 ft | Sun/part shade | moderate | fertile soil |