Native plant · POACEAE
Saccharum brevibarbe var. contortum
BENTAWN PLUMEGRASS; bent-awn plumegrass
Also known as: Erianthus contortus
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Saccharum brevibarbe var. contortum. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Saccharum brevibarbe var. contortum
- Family
- POACEAE
- Genus
- Saccharum
- Order
- POALES
- Classification
- Monocots
- Recorded status
- Native; FACW (NWPL); FACW (DEP)
- Recorded synonyms
- Erianthus contortus
- Florida range
- Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Jefferson
Where documented in Florida
Jefferson
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Saccharum
- Saccharum alopecuroides — SILVER PLUMEGRASS; woolly beardgrass
- Saccharum baldwinii — NARROW PLUMEGRASS; Baldwin's Plumegrass
- Saccharum coarctatum — SUGARCANE PLUMEGRASS; Compressed Plumegrass
- Saccharum giganteum — SUGARCANE PLUMEGRASS
Data provenance
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