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Paspalum caespitosum Flugge
Blue paspalum, Blue crowngrass

Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico and Central America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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	Occurrence	Native Status
Paspalum caespitosum has been found in the following 93 conservation areas :
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Black Point Park and Marina	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 33	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Chapman Field Park	Present	Native
Coral Pines Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Dry Tortugas National Park	Presumed Extirpated	Presumed Extirpated
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Mangrove Preserve	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Meissner Hammock	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Anderson, Lipchak, 3112 Parcels, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Parcel 3063, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Milton E. Thompson Park	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Northrop Pineland	Present	Native
Oleta River State Park	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Pal-Mar	Present	Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike)		Native
Sewell Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Silver Palm Hammock	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
South Dade Wetlands	Present	Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Native
Trail Glades Range	Present	Native
Tree Island Park	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native
Tropical Park	Present	Native
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens	Present	Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Paspalum caespitosum has been found in the following 6 counties :
Broward County		Native
Collier County		Native
Lee County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native