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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Chloris gayana Kunth
Rhodes grass

Chloris gayana
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Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

Native Range: Old World (Africa); introduced in the Bahamas, Texas and elsewhere as a pasture grass.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

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Other data on Chloris gayana available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Chloris gayana has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Disturbed Upland

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Chloris gayana
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Chloris gayana
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Chloris gayana
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr