Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Poaceae

Paspalum - [maps | photos]

• Paspalum bifidum (Bertol.) Nash
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: pitchfork crown grass

• Paspalum boscianum Flüggé
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: bull crown grass

• Paspalum dilatatum * Poir.
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: dallis grass

• Paspalum dissectum (L.) L.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: mudbank crown grass

• Paspalum distichum L.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: knot grass

• Paspalum floridanum Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: Florida paspalum
  Synonyms:
  

         • Paspalum floridanum Michx. var. glabratum Engelm. ex Vasey

• Paspalum laeve Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: field paspalum

• Paspalum notatum Flüggé var. saurae Parodi
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: bahia grass

• Paspalum pubiflorum Rupr. ex Fourn.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: hairyseed paspalum
  Synonyms:
  

         • Paspalum pubiflorum Rupr. ex Fourn. var. glabrum Vasey ex Scribn.

• Paspalum repens P.J. Bergius
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: horsetail paspalum
  Synonyms:
  

         • Paspalum fluitans (Ell.) Kunth

• Paspalum setaceum Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: thin paspalum
  Synonyms:
  

         • Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. ciliatifolium (Michx.) Vasey

         • Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. longepedunculatum (Le Conte) Wood

         • Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. muehlenbergii (Nash) D. Banks

         • Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. stramineum (Nash) D. Banks

• Paspalum urvillei * Steud.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Vasey's grass

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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