View source for Cladium jamaicense

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|accepted_name=Cladium jamaicense
|accepted_authority=Crantz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Inst. Rei Herb.
|place=1: 362. 1766
|year=1766
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense
|authority=(Crantz) Kükenthal
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Schoenus cladium
|authority=Swartz
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Cladium;Cladium jamaicense
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cladium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cladium jamaicense]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 241
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>to 20 cm × 10 mm. <b>Culms</b> 1–3 m × 5–10 mm. <b>Leaves</b>: blades flat to broadly V-shaped, 5–11 mm wide, margins and midvein abaxially harshly scabrous with teeth visible to unaided eye. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal (or lateral and terminal), 30–50 cm; 1st, 2d, 3d, and some 4th order branches, branches slightly flexuous. <b>Spikelets</b> in groups of 2–3(–6), narrowly ellipsoid to lanceolate; floral scales 5–6, the proximal chestnut brown, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–3 × 2 mm, midvein conspicuous, lateral veins weak; stamens 2; anthers 2 mm, connective apices 0.1–0.2 mm; styles 2–2.5 mm; stigmas 1–1.5 mm. <b>Achenes</b> light greenish brown, ovoid, 2 × 1 mm, glossy, base vaguely 3-lobed, truncate, not flared or discoid, apex acute, irregularly rugulose longitudinally.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting spring–summer.
|habitat=Coastal brackish and fresh marshes
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Cladium jamaicense</i> is important as the dominant species in much of the Florida Everglades (K. K. Steward and W. H. Ornes 1975).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=steward1975a
|text=Steward, K. K. and W. H. Ornes. 1975. The autecology of sawgrass in the Florida Everglades. Ecology 56: 162–171.
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name=Cladium jamaicense
|author=
|authority=Crantz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense;Schoenus cladium
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting spring–summer.
|habitat=Coastal brackish and fresh marshes
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America.
|reference=steward1975a
|publication title=Inst. Rei Herb.
|publication year=1766
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_431.xml
|genus=Cladium
|species=Cladium jamaicense
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