Table 4.
Life-types of ornamental grasses

Types Species
Perennial Evergreen or Semi-ever-green Anemanthele lessoniana, Bouteloua gracilis, Briza media, Cortaderia selloana, Elymus magellanicus, Festuca glauca, Festuca mairei, Luzula nivea, Luzula sylvatica, Melinis nerviglumis, Sesleria autumnalis, Sesleria caerulea, Sesleria heufleriana, Stipa calamagrostis, Stipa gigantea , Stipa tenuifolia, Stipa tenuissima, Juncus effusus, Scirpus tabernaemontani, Carex acuta, Carex appalachica, Carex boottiana, Carex brunnea, Carex buchananii, Carex comans, Carex conica, Carex divulsa, Carex elata, Carex flacca, Carex flagellifera, Carex morrowi, Carex morrowii var. temnolepis, Carex oshimensis, Carex pendula, Carex plantaginea, Carex praegracilis, Carex remota, Carex testacea
Deciduous Calamagrostis × acutiflora, Calamagrostis arundinacea, Calamagrostis brachytricha, Calamagrostis epigejos, Chasmanthium latifolium, Chrysopogon gryllus, Deschampsia cespitosa, Deschampsia flexuosa, Leymus arenarius, Eragrostis curvula, Eragrostis elliottii, Eragrostis spectabilis, Hakonechloa macra, Imperata cylindrica, Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Miscanthus sinensis, Miscanthus sinensis subsp. condensatus, Molinia caerulea var. arundinacea, Molinia caerulea, Muhlenbergia capillaris, Panicum amarum, Panicum virgatum, Pennisetum alopecuroides, Pennisetum orientale, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans, Spodiopogon sibiricus, Sporobolus heterolepis, Stipa ichu, Themeda triandra var. japonica, Carex augustinowiczii, Carex humilis var. nana, Carex kobomugi, Carex mira, Carex montana, Carex muskingumensis, Carex okamotoi, Carex siderosticha, Carex ornithopoda, Carex panicea, Carex riparia, Carex stricta, Carex vulpina
Summer dormant Melica altissima var. atropurpurea, Melica ciliata, Milium effusum, Phalaris arundinacea var. picta, Phalaris arundinacea, Stipa tenuissima, Carex praegracilis
Annual or annual-likea Pennisetum glaucum, Pennisetum setaceum, Pennisetum messiacum, Pennisetum villosum
a: Though it is a perennial in its natual habitats, it is typically grown as if it were an annual in S. Korea. Because it can’t overwinter in S. Korea.