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Spartina bakeri Merr.
Sand cordgrass

Spartina bakeri
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States.

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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Other data on Spartina bakeri available from :

Spartina bakeri has been found in the following 57 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
A.D. Doug Barnes Park Present Native
Allapattah Flats Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve Present Native
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Blazing Star Preserve Present Native, Cultivated Only
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve Present Native
Cayo Costa State Park Present Native
Chapman Field Park Present Native
Collier-Seminole State Park Present Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Present Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park Present Native
Delray Beach, Lake Ida parcel Present Native, Cultivated Only
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Natural Area Present Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park Present Native
Dupuis Reserve Present Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park Present Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native
Florida Atlantic University Ecological Site Present Native
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge 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
Greynolds Park Present Native
Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Highland Oaks Park Present Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area Present Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Present Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area Present Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Present Native
Jupiter Ridge Natural Area Present Native
Lake Okeechobee Marshes Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area Present Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area Present Native
Lucille Hammock Present Native
Miramar Pineland Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area - FWC, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Picayune Strand State Forest Present Native
Prairie Pines Preserve Present Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Present Native
San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve Present Native
Savannas Preserve State Park Present Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve Present Native
Tree Island Park Present Native
Tree Tops Park Present Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve Present Native
Yamato Scrub Natural Area Present Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve Present Native

Spartina bakeri has been found in the following 9 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Native
Charlotte County Native
Collier County Native
Glades County Native
Lee County Native
Martin County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Native
Palm Beach County Native

Spartina bakeri has been found in the following 7 habitats :
Basin Marsh
Coastal Interdunal Swale
Depression Marsh
Floodplain Marsh
Marl Prairie
Swale
Wet Prairie

All Images:

Spartina bakeri
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Spartina bakeri
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
Spartina bakeri
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
Spartina bakeri
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
Spartina bakeri
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
Spartina bakeri
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.