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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv.
Carpet grass, Flat joint grass

Axonopus compressus
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Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Preliminary IRC Status: Apparently Secure

Native Range: The West Indies, southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America and South America; widely naturalized elsewhere.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: Distubed areas; northern Bahamas (Correll & Correll, 1982).

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Other data on Axonopus compressus available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Axonopus compressus has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Disturbed Upland
Disturbed Wetland

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Axonopus compressus
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr