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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 ↓

Basketgrass 1
Oplismenus hirtellus
Bitter Panicgrass 1
Panicum amarum
Beaked Panicum 2
Panicum anceps
Fall Panicgrass 3
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. bartowense
Maidencane 4
Panicum hemitomon
Gaping Panicum 5
Panicum hians
Guineagras 6
Panicum maximum
Torpedograss 7
Panicum repens
Redtop Panicum 8
Panicum rigidulum
Bluejoint Panicum 5
Panicum tenerum
Warty Panicgrass 2
Panicum verrucosum
Switchgrass 9
Panicum virgatum
Bull Crowngrass 10
Paspalum boscianum
Florida Paspalum 9
Paspalum floridanum
Field Paspalum 10
Paspalum laeve
Bahiagrass 3
Paspalum notatum var. saurae
Brownseed Paspalum 11
Paspalum plicatulum
Thin Paspalum 7
Paspalum setaceum
Vaseygrass 12
Paspalum urvillei
Pearl Millet 13
Pennisetum glaucum
Timothy Canarygrass 14
Phalaris angusta
Carolina Canarygrass 15
Phalaris caroliniana
Blackseed Needlegrass 16
Piptochaetium avenaceum
Annual Bluegrass 17
Poa annua
Kentucky Bluegrass 18
Poa pratensis
Rabbitsfootgrass 19
Polypogon monspeliensis
Rose Natalgrass 20
Melinis repens
Itchgrass 21
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Narrow Plumegrass 1
Saccharum baldwinii
Sugarcane Plumegrass 10
Saccharum giganteum
Indian Cupscale 7
Sacciolepis indica
American Cupscale 2
Sacciolepis striata
Little Bluestem 1
Schizachyrium scoparium scoparium
Coastal Bristlegrass 1
Setaria corrugata
Giant Bristlegrass 5
Setaria magna
Knotroot Foxtail 22
Setaria parviflora
Slender Indiangrass 2
Sorghastrum elliottii
Lopsided Indiangrass 1
Sorghastrum secundum
Saltmarsh Cordgrass 14
Spartina alterniflora
Sand Cordgrass 9
Spartina bakeri
Marshhay Cordgrass 23
Spartina patens
Shiny Wedgescale 2
Sphenopholis nitida
Prairie Wedgescale 9
Sphenopholis obtusata
Swamp Wedgescale 2
Sphenopholis pensylvanica
Curtiss' Dropseed 14
Sporobolus curtissii
Smutgrass 1
Sporobolus indicus indicus
Pineywoods Dropseed 14
Sporobolus junceus
Seashore Dropseed 24
Sporobolus virginicus
St. Augustinegrass 7
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Pinebarren Fluffgrass 14
Tridens ambiguus
Purpletop Tridens 25
Tridens flavus flavus
Purple Sandgrass 14
Triplasis purpurea
Eastern Gamagrass 26
Tripsacum dactyloides
Seaoats 27
Uniola paniculata
Dominican Signalgrass 1
Urochloa adspersa
Broadleaf Signalgrass 28
Urochloa platyphylla
Browntop Millet 29
Urochloa ramosa
Rattail Fescue 18
Vulpia myuros
Sixweeks Fescue 18
Vulpia octoflora
Southern Wild Rice 9
Zizaniopsis miliacea
Muhly Grass 30
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Michaux's Cupgrass 14
Eriochloa michauxii
Arrowfeather Threeawn 2
Aristida purpurascens
Bushy Bluestem 31
Andropogon glomeratus
Scleria ciliata 2

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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