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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Grasses
  7. Rottboelliinae
  8. Centipede Grass

genus

Centipede Grass

Coelorachis

Traits
Includes
2 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Carolina Jointgrass native
  • Wrinkled Jointtail Grass native
  • Coelorachis rottboellioides
  • Florida Jointtailgrass native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native centipede grass All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Carolina Jointgrass Coelorachis cylindrica
  • Wrinkled Jointtail Grass Coelorachis rugosa
  • Florida Jointtailgrass Coelorachis tuberculosa

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