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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 ↓

Toothachegrass 1
Ctenium aromaticum
Florida Toothachegrass 2
Ctenium floridanum
Bermudagrass 3
Cynodon dactylon
Durban Crowfootgrass 4
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Saltgrass 5
Distichlis spicata
Indian Goosegrass 6
Eleusine indica
Thalia Lovegrass 7
Eragrostis atrovirens
Elliott's Lovegrass 6
Eragrostis elliottii
Red Lovegrass 6
Eragrostis secundiflora oxylepis
Purple Lovegrass 8
Eragrostis spectabilis
Coastal Lovegrass
Eragrostis virginica
Saltmarsh Fingergrass 6
Eustachys glauca
Pinewoods Fingergrass 6
Eustachys petraea
Chapman's Skeletongrass 2
Gymnopogon chapmanianus
Bearded Sprangletop 9
Leptochloa fusca fascicularis
Mexican Sprangletop 10
Leptochloa fusca uninervia
Gulf Hairawn Muhly 11
Muhlenbergia capillaris var. filipes
Nimblewill Muhly 12
Muhlenbergia schreberi
Curtiss' Dropseed 2
Sporobolus curtissii
Smutgrass 6
Sporobolus indicus indicus
Pineywoods Dropseed 2
Sporobolus junceus
Seashore Dropseed 13
Sporobolus virginicus
Pinebarren Fluffgrass 2
Tridens ambiguus
Purpletop Tridens 14
Tridens flavus flavus
Purple Sandgrass 2
Triplasis purpurea
Seaoats 15
Uniola paniculata
Muhly Grass 16
Muhlenbergia capillaris

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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  • 1. (c) Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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  • 7. (c) "ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. India, Nilgiri Hills.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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