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Poaceae
Paspalum

not marked as a favorite taxon Paspalum fluitans (Elliott) Kunth. Common name: Water Paspalum, Horsetail Crown Grass. Phenology: May-Nov. Habitat: Mucky soils in swamp forests, moist riverbanks and bars, sloughs, sometimes forming floating mats. Distribution: MD, IL, and KS south to s. FL and s. TX, and south through tropical America to c. South America.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, G, HC, Il, RAB, SFla, Tx, Va; = n/a — Tat; = Paspalum mucronatum Muhl. — S13; = Paspalum repens P.J.Bergius var. fluitans (Elliott) Wipff & S.D.Jones — K4, Wipff & Jones (1994); < Paspalum repens P.J.Bergius — Ar, ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, GW1, Meso6, Mex, Mo1, S, Tn, WH3, Silveus (1942); Ceresia fluitans Elliott. Basionym: Ceresia fluitans Elliott 1816

Links to other floras: < Paspalum repens - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (name change)
  • Great Plains: OBL (name change)
  • Midwest: OBL (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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