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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Paspalum monostachyum Vasey
Gulfdune paspalum

Paspalum monostachyum
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.

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: Cultivated

Comments: For images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below. Also, visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Critically Imperiled

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for limestone sinkholes in the lower Keys.  We consider this native and extant only on Big Pine Key in the lower Keys.

Other data on Paspalum monostachyum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Paspalum monostachyum has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native




Paspalum monostachyum has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Pine Rockland


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Paspalum monostachyum
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
Paspalum monostachyum
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.