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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cladium jamaicense
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-14-002:
Cladium jamaicense
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Mariscus jamaicensis
COMMON NAME:
Sawgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_maja3_001_lvd
The famous sawgrass which dominates many square miles in the Everglades, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_c_jamaicense_74761
March Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Leafy-stemmed plant to 10' tall, from large stolons, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry.
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Keith Bradley kab_c_jamaicense_74771
March Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Stolons about 1cm in diameter sheathed by scalelike leaves 1.5-2cm long, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States by Robert K. Godfrey, Jean W. Wooten.
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Keith Bradley kab_c_jamaicense_74775
March Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Leaf margins and midribs with dangerous saw-teeth, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry.
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Keith Bradley kab_c_jamaicense_71461
May Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Inflorescence a narrow panicle 3-9dm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_c_jamaicense_71471
May Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Panicle branches bearing several fascicles of spikelets, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_c_jamaicense_71475
May Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Spikelets each w one fertile floret, below it 2-3 spirally imbricate scales, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States by Robert K. Godfrey, Jean W. Wooten.