Native plant · POACEAE
Leersia hexandra
SOUTHERN CUTGRASS; Native rice grass
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Leersia hexandra. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Leersia hexandra
- Family
- POACEAE
- Genus
- Leersia
- Order
- POALES
- Classification
- Monocots
- Recorded status
- Native; OBL (NWPL); OD (WAP); OBL (DEP)
- Florida range
- South Florida · Central Florida · North Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Glades; Collier; Highlands; DeSoto; Citrus; Volusia; Baker; Alachua; Jackson; Hernando; Hillsborough; Lee; Nassau; Orange; Palm Beach; Brevard; Manatee; Pinellas; Putnam; Charlotte; Levy; Hardee; Walton; Pasco; Sumter; Calhoun; Polk; Hendry; Okeechobee; Osceola; Broward; Sarasota
Where documented in Florida
Glades; Collier; Highlands; DeSoto; Citrus; Volusia; Baker; Alachua; Jackson; Hernando; Hillsborough; Lee; Nassau; Orange; Palm Beach; Brevard; Manatee; Pinellas; Putnam; Charlotte; Levy; Hardee; Walton; Pasco; Sumter; Calhoun; Polk; Hendry; Okeechobee; Osceola; Broward; Sarasota
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Leersia
- Leersia lenticularis — CATCHFLYGRASS; Catchfly grass
- Leersia monandra — BUNCH CUTGRASS
- Leersia oryzoides — RICE CUTGRASS
- Leersia virginica — WHITEGRASS; white grass
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.