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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 ↓

Needle Rush/ Black Rush 1
Juncus roemerianus
Bushy Bluestem 2
Andropogon glomeratus
Arrow-grass 3
Triglochin striata
Narrow-leaved Arrowhead 4
Sagittaria subulata
Wigeongrass 5
Ruppia maritima
Horned Pondweed 6
Zannichellia palustris
Southern Cattail 7
Typha domingensis
Sago pondweed 8
Stuckenia pectinata
Spiny Waternymph 9
Najas marina
Southern Waternymph 7
Najas guadalupensis
Purple Sandgrass 10
Triplasis purpurea
Little Bluestem 11
Schizachyrium scoparium scoparium
Seaoats 12
Uniola paniculata
Pinewoods Fingergrass 13
Eustachys petraea
Smooth Cordgrass 8
Spartina alterniflora
Marshhay Cordgrass 14
Spartina patens
Seashore Dropseed; Virginia Dropseed 15
Sporobolus virginicus
Thalia Lovegrass 7
Eragrostis atrovirens
Red Lovegrass 16
Eragrostis secundiflora
Saltgrass 17
Distichlis spicata var. spicata
Muhly grass 18
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Bitter Panicgrass 19
Panicum amarum
Switchgrass 20
Panicum virgatum
Seashore Paspalum 13
Paspalum vaginatum
Hairy Bluestem 19
Andropogon longiberbis
Pitted Beardgrass 21
Bothriochloa pertusa
Southern Sandbur 22
Cenchrus echinatus
Coastal Sandbur 23
Cenchrus spinifex
Sanddune Sandbur 24
Cenchrus tribuloides
Crowsfoot Grass 25
Dactyloctenium aegypticum
Rose Natalgrass 26
Melinis repens
Spanish Bayonet 27
Yucca aloifolia
Sisal Hemp 13
Agave sisalana
Coastalplain Spiderlily 28
Hymenocallis crassifolia
Earleaf Greenbriar 29
Smilax auriculata
Cabbage Palm 30
Sabal palmetto
Saw Palmetto 31
Serenoa repens
Whitemouth Dayflower 32
Commelina erecta

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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