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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Paspalum arundinaceum Poir.

Paspalum arundinaceum
Copyright by: George Rogers

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

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SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Synonyms: Paspalum pleostachyum

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

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Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Not reported until 2000, when observed on Plantation Key by Keith Bradley.

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Paspalum arundinaceum has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Doubtfully Native






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Paspalum arundinaceum
Copyright by: George Rogers

Paspalum arundinaceum
Copyright by: George Rogers

Paspalum arundinaceum
Copyright by: George Rogers