Taxonomic Details for Cladium jamaicense
Systematic Resumé: |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Subkingdom | Viridiplantae |
Infrakingdom | Streptophyta |
Superdivision | Embryophyta |
Division | Tracheophyta |
Subdivision | Spermatophytina |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Superorder | Lilianae |
Order | Poales |
Family | Cyperaceae |
Genus | Cladium |
Species | Cladium jamaicense |
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Common Name: |
Jamaica swamp sawgrass |
Synonym(s): |
Cladium mariscus |
Authority: |
Crantz |
ITIS TSN: |
39878 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) |
Habitats: |
Habitat Type: Marsh, Salinity Zone: Brackish water |
GCE Contact: |
Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
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GCE Data Sets: |
PLT-GCEM-2311b (Fall 2023 plant monitoring survey -- biomass calculated from shoot height and flowering status of plants in permanent plots at GCE sampling sites 1-10)
PLT-GCEM-2311c (GCE-LTER Altamaha River Plant Community Monitoring Survey in October 2023)
PLT-GCEM-2311a (Fall 2023 plant monitoring survey -- shoot height and flowering status of plants in permanent plots at GCE sampling sites 1-10)
MSH-GCET-2305 (Characterizing the ecology and soil biogeochemistry of wetland transition zones along the Satilla River Estuary, GA, USA.)
PLT-GCEM-2211a (Fall 2022 plant monitoring survey -- shoot height and flowering status of plants in permanent plots at GCE sampling sites 1-10)
(view all 34 relevant data sets in the GCE Data Catalog) |
Stand of Cladium jamaicense near GCE site 8. Photo by Steven Pennings.
Leaf of Cladium jamaicense. Hazardous. Photo by Steven Pennings.
Flower of Cladium jamaicense. Photo Steven Pennings.
Cladium jamaicense pressed. Photo by Steven Pennings.
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