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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Poaceae

SPECIES

Paspalum - [maps | photos]

  • Paspalum bifidum (Bertol.) Nash
    NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
    Common Name: pitchfork crown 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 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. var. muehlenbergii (Nash) D. Banks
             • Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. stramineum (Nash) D. Banks
             • Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. ciliatifolium (Michx.) Vasey
             • Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. longepedunculatum (Le Conte) Wood

*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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