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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 ↓

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
air potato 8
Dioscorea bulbifera
Canada Spikesedge 9
Eleocharis geniculata
Tampa Butterfly Orchid 10
Encyclia tampensis
field lovegrass 11
Eragrostis elliottii
Pinewoods Fingergrass
Eustachys petraea
Eustachys glauca 11
Saltmarsh Umbrella-sedge 11
Fuirena breviseta
Waterspider Bog Orchid 12
Habenaria repens
Cherry Coke Rush 11
Juncus megacephalus
Native rice grass 13
Leersia hexandra
Perennial Ryegrass 14
Lolium perenne
Muhlenbergia capillaris capillaris
Silkreed
Neyraudia reynaudiana
Monk Orchid 15
Oeceoclades maculata
Smooth Witchgrass 16
Panicum dichotomiflorum
Torpedo grass 2
Panicum repens
Paspalum caespitosum
Hilograss 8
Paspalum conjugatum
Florida paspalum 17
Paspalum floridanum
Gulfdune Paspalum 18
Paspalum monostachyum
Bahia grass 19
Paspalum notatum
Thin Paspalum 20
Paspalum setaceum
Vasey Grass 21
Paspalum urvillei
elephant grass 2
Pennisetum purpureum
whitetop sedge 22
Rhynchospora colorata
Rhynchospora odorata
Rhynchospora microcarpa
cabbage palmetto 11
Sabal palmetto
Sacoila lanceolata paludicola
Schizachyrium gracile
Schizachyrium rhizomatum
Schizachyrium sanguineum
Schizachyrium scoparium scoparium
soft-stemmed bulrush 14
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Baldwin's nutrush
Scleria baldwinii
saw palmetto 23
Serenoa repens
marsh bristlegrass 24
Setaria parviflora
narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass 25
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Earleaf Greenbrier 11
Smilax auriculata
saw greenbrier 26
Smilax bona-nox
Lace-lipped Ladies' Tresses 27
Spiranthes laciniata
Sporobolus indicus pyramidalis
Saint Augustine grass 20
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Northern Needleleaf Airplant 28
Tillandsia balbisiana
cardinal airplant 29
Tillandsia fasciculata
Twisted Airplant 15
Tillandsia flexuosa
Spanish moss 30
Tillandsia usneoides
small ballmoss 27
Tillandsia recurvata
spreading airplant 31
Tillandsia utriculata
Moses-in-the-cradle 32
Tradescantia spathacea
southern bulrush 33
Typha domingensis
Zoysia matrella 2

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