Invasive Grasses, Rushes, and Sedges in South Florida

FISC Category I – Grasses, Rushes, and Sedges

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cogongrass

Cogon Grass

Imperata cylindrica

elephant grass

Elephant Grass, Napier Grass

Pennisetum purpureum

paragrass

Para Grass

Urochloa mutica

smut grass
torpedograss2

Torpedograss

Panicum repens

wrights nutrush

Wright’s Nutrush

Scleria lacustris

natal grass

Natal Grass

Melinis repens

west indian marsh grass

West Indian Marsh Grass

Hymenachne amplexicaulis

burmareed

Burma Reed, Silk Reed

Neyraudia reynaudiana

tropical nutrush1

Tropical Nutrush

Scleria microcarpa

tropical american water grass

Tropical American Water Grass

Luziola subintegra

FISC Category II – Grasses, Rushes, and Sedges

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