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MatBio: COASTAL and ESTUARINE PLANTS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Tread Softly, Finger Rot 1
Cnidoscolus stimulosus
Drummond's Leafflower 2
Phyllanthus abnormis
Gopher Apple 3
Licania michauxii
Yaupon Holly 4
Ilex vomitoria
Coastal Searocket 5
Cakile lanceolata
American Searocket 6
Cakile edentula harperi
Marinevine 7
Cissus trifoliata
Purple Sandgrass 8
Triplasis purpurea
Little Bluestem 9
Schizachyrium scoparium scoparium
Seaoats 10
Uniola paniculata
Pinewoods Fingergrass 11
Eustachys petraea
Smooth Cordgrass 12
Spartina alterniflora
Marshhay Cordgrass 13
Spartina patens
Seashore Dropseed; Virginia Dropseed 14
Sporobolus virginicus
Thalia Lovegrass 2
Eragrostis atrovirens
Red Lovegrass 15
Eragrostis secundiflora
Saltgrass 16
Distichlis spicata var. spicata
Muhly grass 17
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Bitter Panicgrass 18
Panicum amarum
Switchgrass 19
Panicum virgatum
Seashore Paspalum 11
Paspalum vaginatum
Hairy Bluestem 18
Andropogon longiberbis
Pitted Beardgrass 20
Bothriochloa pertusa
Southern Sandbur 21
Cenchrus echinatus
Coastal Sandbur 22
Cenchrus spinifex
Sanddune Sandbur 23
Cenchrus tribuloides
Crowsfoot Grass 24
Dactyloctenium aegypticum
Rose Natalgrass 25
Melinis repens
Spanish Bayonet 26
Yucca aloifolia
Sisal Hemp 11
Agave sisalana
Coastalplain Spiderlily 27
Hymenocallis crassifolia
Earleaf Greenbriar 28
Smilax auriculata
Cabbage Palm 29
Sabal palmetto
Saw Palmetto 30
Serenoa repens
Whitemouth Dayflower 31
Commelina erecta

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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