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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cladium jamaicense   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Cladium jamaicense

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, 1938)

Mariscus jamaicensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Sawgrass


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image of Cladium jamaicense, Sawgrass

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).

image of Cladium jamaicense, Sawgrass

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 (Porcher, 1995).

image of Cladium jamaicense, Sawgrass

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 (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).

image of Cladium jamaicense, Sawgrass

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 (Porcher, 1995).

image of Cladium jamaicense, Sawgrass

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).

image of Cladium jamaicense, Sawgrass

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).

image of Cladium jamaicense, Sawgrass

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 (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cladium jamaicense   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Cladium jamaicense

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, 1938)
Mariscus jamaicensis

 

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3082

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: In circumneutral to alkaline situations, including brackish marshes, and rarely inland in pine savannas underlain by coquina limestone (NC) or in salt glades (s. AR), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins and midrib (beneath) harshly serrate (saw-toothed)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Scales chestnut-colored
Perianth absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Olive/Purplish
Nutlet

 

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