Common Name:

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Genus species:

Family:

Cyperaceae

Form:

Size:

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Noted For:

Recommended Uses:

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Stays wet -to- Somewhat moist, no flooding

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salt.

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Clay, Loam, Lime Rock, Organic

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B,11

Wildlife:

Larval host of the Palatka skipper ( Euphyes pilatka ).

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General Comments:

Sawgrass is a sedge, not a grass. It was this plant that Marjory Stoneman Douglas referred to in her seminal work: "The Everglades: River of Grass."

A second species (C. mariscoides) occurs in a limited area in north Florida.  Its uses and culture are similar.