Cladium jamaicense
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Description: Numerous photographs, basic ecological information and field description of this species, also called "sawgrass." From the Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.
Saw-grass | Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants Cladium jamaicense -- Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants Video ID segment (2-3 minutes / The aptly named saw-grass is a large sedge, known as the dominant plant of the Everglades. It grows in fresh and brackish-water swamps and marshes, and along lake shores throughout Florida. It also can grow well on dry ground. Saw-grass stems typically grow to 6 or 7 feet tall from stout, short runners. The stem is 3-angled but not sharply so, and is hollow. Saw-grass leaves grow from the base and lower stem of the plant. The grey-green leaves are very long, typically 3 feet, and they are stiff and tough. They are flat to v-shaped and relatively narrow: about 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide. Both leaf margins and the underside midrib have cutting saw teeth. Do not attempt to walk through these plants. The large influorescence of saw-grass, which may be several feet tall, has many, often-drooping branches and branchlets. Each branchlet has 2 to 6 brown spikelets at the tip. Each ovoid spikelet has 2 or 3 spreading scales. The fruit is a small, wrinkled, ovoid nutlet.
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |