Table 5.
Growth habits of ornamental grasses

Growth habits Species
Runners (Rhizomatous or stoloniferous grasses) Rapid type Carex flacca, Carex kobomugi, Carex okamotoi, Carex praegracilis, Carex riparia, Leymus arenarius, Imperata cylindrica, Phalaris arundinacea var. picta, Phalaris arundinacea,
Slow type Anemanthele lessoniana, Arundo donax var. versicolor, Bouteloua gracilis, Calamagrostis epigejos, Carex buchananii, Carex comans, Carex conica, Carex divulsa, Carex humilis var. nana, Carex montana, Carex muskingumensis, Carex siderosticha, Carex ornithopoda, Carex panicea, Carex stricta, Hakonechloa macra, Luzula nivea, Luzula sylvatica, Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Sesleria autumnalis, Sesleria caerulea, Sesleria heufleriana, Scirpus tabernaemontani,
Clumpers (Clump-forming grasses) Andropogon gerardii, Briza media, Calamagrostis × acutiflora, Calamagrostis arundinacea, Calamagrostis brachytricha, Carex acuta, Carex augustinowiczii, Carex boottiana, Carex brunnea, Carex davalliana, Carex elata, Carex flagellifera, Carex mira, Carex morrowii, Carex morrowii var. temnolepis, Carex oshimensis, Carex pendula, Carex plantaginea, Carex remota, Carex testacea, Carex vulpina, Chasmanthium latifolium, Chrysopogon gryllus, Cortaderia selloana, Deschampsia cespitosa, Elymus magellanicus, Eragrostis curvula, Eragrostis elliottii, Eragrostis spectabilis, Eriophorum vaginatum, Festuca glauca, Festuca Mairei, Melica altissima var. atropurpurea, Melica ciliata, Melinis nerviglumis, Miscanthus sinensis, Miscanthus sinensis subsp. condensatus, Molinia caerulea var. arundinacea, Molinia caerulea, Muhlenbergia capillaris, Panicum amarum, Panicum virgatum, Pennisetum alopecuroides, Pennisetum orientale, Pennisetum setaceum, Pennisetum villosum, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans, Spodiopogon sibiricus, Sporobolus heterolepis, Stipa calamagrostis, Austrostipa elegantissima, Stipa gigantea, Stipa ichu, Stipa lessingiana, Stipa tenuifolia, Themeda triandra var. japonica,