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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 ↓

Blue Maidencane 1
Amphicarpum muhlenbergianum
Southern Sandbur 2
Cenchrus echinatus
Coastal Sandbur 1
Cenchrus spinifex
Sanddune Sandbur 3
Cenchrus tribuloides
Needleleaf Witchgrass 4
Dichanthelium aciculare
Variable Witchgrass 5
Dichanthelium commutatum
Cypress Witchgrass 6
Dichanthelium dichotomum
Erectleaf Witchgrass 1
Dichanthelium erectifolium
Openflower Witchgrass 7
Dichanthelium laxiflorum
Rough Witchgrass 8
Dichanthelium leucothrix
Eggleaf Witchgrass 4
Dichanthelium ovale
Hemlock Witchgrass 9
Dichanthelium portoricense
Roughhair Witchgrass 6
Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens
Southern Crabgrass 10
Digitaria ciliaris
Caribbean Crabgrass
Digitaria filiformis var. dolichophylla
Pangolagrass 11
Digitaria eriantha
Texas Crabgrass 1
Digitaria texana
Jungle Rice 12
Echinochloa colona
Rough Barnyardgrass 1
Echinochloa muricata
Coast Cockspur 3
Echinochloa walteri
Basketgrass 6
Oplismenus hirtellus
Bitter Panicgrass 6
Panicum amarum
Beaked Panicum 3
Panicum anceps
Fall Panicgrass 13
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. bartowense
Maidencane 14
Panicum hemitomon
Guineagras 15
Panicum maximum
Torpedograss 16
Panicum repens
Redtop Panicum 17
Panicum rigidulum
Bluejoint Panicum 18
Panicum tenerum
Warty Panicgrass 3
Panicum verrucosum
Switchgrass 4
Panicum virgatum
Pearl Millet 19
Pennisetum glaucum
Rose Natalgrass 12
Melinis repens
Indian Cupscale 16
Sacciolepis indica
American Cupscale 3
Sacciolepis striata
Coastal Bristlegrass 6
Setaria corrugata
Giant Bristlegrass 18
Setaria magna
Knotroot Foxtail 20
Setaria parviflora
St. Augustinegrass 16
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Broadleaf Signalgrass 21
Urochloa platyphylla
Browntop Millet 22
Urochloa ramosa
Michaux's Cupgrass 1
Eriochloa michauxii

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) licensed media from USDA PLANTS images without owner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 2. (c) Tony Rodd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 3. (c) "Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 4. (c) "USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 5. (c) "NRCS National Wetland Team, Fort Worth, TX.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 6. USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
  • 7. (c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 8. (c) Ingrid P. Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 9. (c) National Museum of Natural History Collections, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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  • 11. (c) "ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. South Africa.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 12. (c) Harry Rose, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 13. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 14. Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute., no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
  • 15. (c) Reinaldo Aguilar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 16. (c) Forest & Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 17. (c) USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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  • 19. (c) Zoya Akulova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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  • 21. USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute., no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
  • 22. Steve Hurst, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)

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