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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 ↓

Shortspike Bluestem 1
Andropogon brachystachyus
Florida Bluestem 1
Andropogon floridanus
Purple Bluestem 2
Andropogon glomeratus glaucopsis
Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior
Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus 2
Andropogon glomeratus pumilus
Elliott's Bluestem 3
Andropogon gyrans gyrans
Hairy Bluestem 1
Andropogon longiberbis
Splitbeard Bluestem 4
Andropogon ternarius
Andropogon virginicus var. decipiens 2
Chalky Bluestem 1
Andropogon virginicus glaucus
Broonsedge Bluestem 5
Andropogon virginicus
Pitted Beardgrass 6
Bothriochloa pertusa
Florida False Beardgrass 1
Chrysopogon pauciflorus
Wrinkled Jointtailgrass 4
Coelorachis rugosa
Centipedegrass 7
Eremochloa ophiuroides
Cogongrass 8
Imperata cylindrica
Itchgrass 9
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Narrow Plumegrass 3
Saccharum baldwinii
Sugarcane Plumegrass 10
Saccharum giganteum
Little Bluestem 3
Schizachyrium scoparium scoparium
Slender Indiangrass 4
Sorghastrum elliottii
Lopsided Indiangrass 3
Sorghastrum secundum
Eastern Gamagrass 11
Tripsacum dactyloides
Bushy Bluestem 12
Andropogon glomeratus

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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