Native plant · POACEAE
Piptochaetium avenacioides
FLORIDA NEEDLEGRASS; Florida speargrass
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Piptochaetium avenacioides. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Piptochaetium avenacioides
- Family
- POACEAE
- Genus
- Piptochaetium
- Order
- POALES
- Classification
- Monocots
- Recorded status
- Native; Endemic; FACW (DEP)
- Florida range
- Central Florida · North Florida · South Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Lake; Polk; Highlands; Seminole; Clay; Manatee; Orange; Collier; Hillsborough; Charlotte
Where documented in Florida
Lake; Polk; Highlands; Seminole; Clay; Manatee; Orange; Collier; Hillsborough; Charlotte
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Piptochaetium
- Piptochaetium avenaceum — BLACKSEED NEEDLEGRASS
Data provenance
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