Cladium mariscoides

Smooth sawgrass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Cladium
Species:	C. mariscoides
Binomial name
	Cladium mariscoides; (Muhl.) Torr.
Synonyms
	Cladium mariscoides f. congestum Fernald; Mariscus mariscoides (Muhl.) Kuntze; Mariscus mariscoides f. congestus (Fernald) Fernald; Schoenus mariscoides Muhl.;

Cladium mariscoides, called smooth sawgrass, is a plant species native to eastern

salt marshes.^[3]^[4]

Cladium mariscoides is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground

rhizomes. Culms are up to 100 centimetres (39 in) tall. Leaves are very narrow, less than 3 mm across. Spikelets are chestnut brown, born in a panicle

with 1st and 2nd order branching but not 3rd order. [3]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

References

^ Tropicos
^ The Plant List
^ ^a ^b Tucker, Gordon C. (2002). "Cladium mariscoides". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^ "Cladium mariscoides". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
^ Torrey, John. 1836. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 3: 372.
^ photo of 1834 specimen of Cladium mariscoidesat Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Ontario County, New York
^ Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Heinrich Ernest. 1817. Descriptio uberior Graminum 4. 1817.
^ Small, J. K. 1933. Manual of the Southeastern Flora i–xxii, 1–1554.
^ Scoggan, H. J. 1978 [1979]. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Monocotyledoneae. 2: 93–545. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
^ Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1968. The Pteridophytoa, Gymnospermae and Monocotyledoneae. 1: 1–482. In H. A. Gleason New Britton and Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York.

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[1] Tropicos

[2] The Plant List

[FNA-3] Tucker, Gordon C. (2002). "Cladium mariscoides". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

[4] "Cladium mariscoides". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.

[5] Torrey, John. 1836. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 3: 372.

[6] to of 1834 specimen of Cladium mariscoidesat Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Ontario County, New York

[7] Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Heinrich Ernest. 1817. Descriptio uberior Graminum 4. 1817.

[8] Small, J. K. 1933. Manual of the Southeastern Flora i–xxii, 1–1554.

[9] Scoggan, H. J. 1978 [1979]. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Monocotyledoneae. 2: 93–545. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.

[10] Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1968. The Pteridophytoa, Gymnospermae and Monocotyledoneae. 1: 1–482. In H. A. Gleason New Britton and Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York.

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