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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 ↓

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

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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