Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys

Scientific Name:
Common Name(s):
Stenotaphrum secundatum
St. Augustine grass
Height:
Leaves:
Flowers:
Bark:
Fruit:
Other:
To 6 inches
Flattened, branching stems bear glaucus green, linear leaves
Greenish brown, spikelike, racemes of flowers bloom in late summer and
early fall
N/A
Small grass seeds
Prostrate, evergreen perennial grass that spreads by stolons.
Treatment:
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