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MatBio: GRASSES, SEDGES & RUSHES - 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 ↓

Carolina Canarygrass 1
Phalaris caroliniana
Blackseed Needlegrass 2
Piptochaetium avenaceum
Annual Bluegrass 3
Poa annua
Kentucky Bluegrass 4
Poa pratensis
Rabbitsfootgrass 5
Polypogon monspeliensis
Rose Natalgrass 6
Melinis repens
Itchgrass 7
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Narrow Plumegrass 8
Saccharum baldwinii
Sugarcane Plumegrass 9
Saccharum giganteum
Indian Cupscale 10
Sacciolepis indica
American Cupscale 11
Sacciolepis striata
Little Bluestem 8
Schizachyrium scoparium scoparium
Coastal Bristlegrass 8
Setaria corrugata
Giant Bristlegrass 12
Setaria magna
Knotroot Foxtail 13
Setaria parviflora
Slender Indiangrass 11
Sorghastrum elliottii
Lopsided Indiangrass 8
Sorghastrum secundum
Saltmarsh Cordgrass 14
Spartina alterniflora
Sand Cordgrass 15
Spartina bakeri
Marshhay Cordgrass 16
Spartina patens
Shiny Wedgescale 11
Sphenopholis nitida
Prairie Wedgescale 15
Sphenopholis obtusata
Swamp Wedgescale 11
Sphenopholis pensylvanica
Curtiss' Dropseed 14
Sporobolus curtissii
Smutgrass 8
Sporobolus indicus indicus
Pineywoods Dropseed 14
Sporobolus junceus
Seashore Dropseed 17
Sporobolus virginicus
St. Augustinegrass 10
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Pinebarren Fluffgrass 14
Tridens ambiguus
Purpletop Tridens 18
Tridens flavus flavus
Purple Sandgrass 14
Triplasis purpurea
Eastern Gamagrass 19
Tripsacum dactyloides
Seaoats 20
Uniola paniculata
Broadleaf Signalgrass 21
Urochloa platyphylla
Browntop Millet 22
Urochloa ramosa
Rattail Fescue 4
Vulpia myuros
Sixweeks Fescue 4
Vulpia octoflora
Southern Wild Rice 15
Zizaniopsis miliacea
Muhly Grass 23
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Michaux's Cupgrass 14
Eriochloa michauxii
Arrowfeather Threeawn 11
Aristida purpurascens
Bushy Bluestem 24
Andropogon glomeratus

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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