FIU Nature Preserve Plant Inventory List

A visual guide to the Plant Inventory list created for the Florida International University Nature Preserve and updated in 2016. This includes trees, ferns, airplants, and understory growth--both native and non-native. Hopefully this helps in your exploration of the preserve and helps give a ...more ↓

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flatspike sedge ¹
Abildgaardia ovata

Hairy Bluestem
Andropogon longiberbis

Andropogon glomeratus pumilus

Big Carpetgrass
Axonopus furcatus

Southern Sandbur ²
Cenchrus echinatus

Jamaica swamp sawgrass ³
Cladium mariscus jamaicense

Bunchy flat-sedge ⁴
Cyperus polystachyos

Pine Barren Flatsedge ⁵
Cyperus retrorsus

Durban Crowfoot
Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Needleleaf Rosette Grass ⁶
Dichanthelium aciculare

Tropical Finger-grass ⁷
Digitaria ciliaris

Canada Spikesedge ⁸
Eleocharis geniculata

field lovegrass ⁹
Eragrostis elliottii

Pinewoods Fingergrass
Eustachys petraea

Eustachys glauca ⁹

Saltmarsh Umbrella-sedge ⁹
Fuirena breviseta

Cherry Coke Rush ⁹
Juncus megacephalus

Native rice grass ¹⁰
Leersia hexandra

Perennial Ryegrass ¹¹
Lolium perenne

Muhlenbergia capillaris capillaris

Silkreed
Neyraudia reynaudiana

Smooth Witchgrass ¹²
Panicum dichotomiflorum

Torpedo grass ²
Panicum repens

Paspalum caespitosum

Hilograss ¹³
Paspalum conjugatum

Florida paspalum ¹⁴
Paspalum floridanum

Gulfdune Paspalum ¹⁵
Paspalum monostachyum

Bahia grass ¹⁶
Paspalum notatum

Thin Paspalum ¹⁷
Paspalum setaceum

Vasey Grass ¹⁸
Paspalum urvillei

elephant grass ²
Pennisetum purpureum

whitetop sedge ¹⁹
Rhynchospora colorata

Rhynchospora odorata

Rhynchospora microcarpa

Schizachyrium gracile

Schizachyrium rhizomatum

Schizachyrium sanguineum

Schizachyrium scoparium scoparium

soft-stemmed bulrush ¹¹
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Baldwin's nutrush
Scleria baldwinii

marsh bristlegrass ²⁰
Setaria parviflora

Sporobolus indicus pyramidalis

Saint Augustine grass ¹⁷
Stenotaphrum secundatum

Northern Needleleaf Airplant ²¹
Tillandsia balbisiana

cardinal airplant ²²
Tillandsia fasciculata

Twisted Airplant ²³
Tillandsia flexuosa

Spanish moss ²⁴
Tillandsia usneoides

small ballmoss ²⁵
Tillandsia recurvata

spreading airplant ²⁶
Tillandsia utriculata

southern bulrush ²⁷
Typha domingensis

Zoysia matrella ²

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FIU Nature Preserve Plant Inventory List

flatspike sedge 1 Abildgaardia ovata

Hairy Bluestem Andropogon longiberbis

Big Carpetgrass Axonopus furcatus

Southern Sandbur 2 Cenchrus echinatus

Jamaica swamp sawgrass 3 Cladium mariscus jamaicense

Bunchy flat-sedge 4 Cyperus polystachyos

Pine Barren Flatsedge 5 Cyperus retrorsus

Durban Crowfoot Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Needleleaf Rosette Grass 6 Dichanthelium aciculare

Tropical Finger-grass 7 Digitaria ciliaris

Canada Spikesedge 8 Eleocharis geniculata

field lovegrass 9 Eragrostis elliottii

Pinewoods Fingergrass Eustachys petraea

Saltmarsh Umbrella-sedge 9 Fuirena breviseta

Cherry Coke Rush 9 Juncus megacephalus

Native rice grass 10 Leersia hexandra

Perennial Ryegrass 11 Lolium perenne

Silkreed Neyraudia reynaudiana

Smooth Witchgrass 12 Panicum dichotomiflorum

Torpedo grass 2 Panicum repens

Hilograss 13 Paspalum conjugatum

Florida paspalum 14 Paspalum floridanum

Gulfdune Paspalum 15 Paspalum monostachyum

Bahia grass 16 Paspalum notatum

Thin Paspalum 17 Paspalum setaceum

Vasey Grass 18 Paspalum urvillei

elephant grass 2 Pennisetum purpureum

whitetop sedge 19 Rhynchospora colorata

soft-stemmed bulrush 11 Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Baldwin's nutrush Scleria baldwinii

marsh bristlegrass 20 Setaria parviflora

Saint Augustine grass 17 Stenotaphrum secundatum

Northern Needleleaf Airplant 21 Tillandsia balbisiana

cardinal airplant 22 Tillandsia fasciculata

Twisted Airplant 23 Tillandsia flexuosa

Spanish moss 24 Tillandsia usneoides

small ballmoss 25 Tillandsia recurvata

spreading airplant 26 Tillandsia utriculata

southern bulrush 27 Typha domingensis