| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poaceae | Chloris andropogonoides | Slimspike Windmill-grass | Prairies, brush, especially on clay soils; eastwards in lawns, pastures, roadsides. | C. and s. TX south into Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE, SLP, TAM). |  |
| Poaceae | Chloris barbata | Swollen Windmill-grass | Lower Rio Grande Valley; eastwards in disturbed areas, waste areas near wool-combing mills. | Native of West Indies, e. Mexico, Central America, and South America. |  |
| Poaceae | Chloris cucullata | Hooded Windmill-grass | Prairies, especially sandy or gravelly, also on roadsides and in disturbed areas, and eastwards (SC) in waste areas near wool-combing mills, other disturbed areas, such as historically on ballast (perhaps only a waif). | KS, NM, and AZ south into Mexico (CAM, COA, NLE, TAM, YUC). |  |
| Poaceae | Chloris divaricata | Disturbed areas, including in waste areas near wool-combing mills, perhaps only a waif. | Native of Australia. |  | |
| Poaceae | Chloris gayana | Rhodes Grass | Pastures (where planted for forage), disturbed areas, roadsides; eastwards in waste areas near wool-combing mills, other disturbed areas (perhaps only a waif). | Native of Africa. |  |
| Poaceae | Chloris pectinata | Waif in disturbed areas, such as near wool-combing mills. | Native of Australia. |  | |
| Poaceae | Chloris pilosa | Disturbed areas. | Native of equatorial Africa. | ||
| Poaceae | Chloris radiata | Plush Grass | Disturbed areas, agricultural fields, and tree farms. | Native of tropical America. |  |
| Poaceae | Chloris subdolichostachya | Shortspike Windmill-grass | Disturbed sandy areas. | South to Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE, TAM) |  |
| Poaceae | Chloris texensis | Texas Windmill-grass | Coastal prairies, in relatively bare areas in coastal prairie grassland remnants on sandy to sandy loam soils (Carr 2011). | Endemic to e., c., and w. TX. |  |
| Poaceae | Chloris truncata | Stargrass, Black Windmill-grass | Pastures, waste areas near wool-combing mills, perhaps only a waif. | Native of Australia. Reported for Livingstone Parish, LA (Urbatsch 2013) |  |
| Poaceae | Chloris ventricosa | Waste areas near wool-combing mills, perhaps only a waif. | Native of Australia. Also reported for VA (Hitchcock & Chase 1951; Kartesz 1999) |  | |
| Poaceae | Chloris verticillata | Windmill-grass, Tumble Windmill-grass | Disturbed areas, bottomland fields. | IA, SD, WY south to n. AR, s. TX, NM, AZ, and n. Mexico (BCS, COA, NLE); scattered elsewhere as introductions or waifs. |  |
| Poaceae | Chloris virgata | Feather Windmill-grass, Feather Finger-grass, Showy Chloris | Roadsides, other disturbed areas. | Native of tropical America. |  |
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