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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Eustachys glauca Chapm.
Prairie fingergrass, Saltmarsh fingergrass

Eustachys glauca
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area, Broward County, Florida
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Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Recorded as Present in Error

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Never vouchered in the Florida Keys. All observations and reports are presumed to be misidentifications of E. petraea.

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Eustachys glauca has been reported from the following 5 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Bahia Honda State Park Recorded as Present in Error
Curry Hammock State Park Recorded as Present in Error
Dry Tortugas National Park Recorded as Present in Error
Key West National Wildlife Refuge Recorded as Present in Error
Little Hamaca Park Recorded as Present in Error






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Eustachys glauca
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area, Broward County, Florida
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Eustachys glauca
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area, Broward County, Florida

Eustachys glauca
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Eustachys glauca
Copyright by: George Rogers

Eustachys glauca
Copyright by: George Rogers