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127
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Acroceras zizanioides
(Kunth) Dandy
LC
Oat Grass
Poaceae
12
3
Observations
Agropyron desertorum
(Fisch. ex Link) Schult.
Crested wheatgrass
Poaceae
3
3
Observations
Agrostis breviculmis
Hitchc.
Poaceae
1
1
Observation
Agrostis perennans
(Walter) Tuck.
LC
Autumn bent
Poaceae
4
4
Observations
Andropogon bicornis
L.
West Indian foxtail grass
Poaceae
113
72
Observations
Andropogon gayanus
Kunth
Tambuki grass
Poaceae
4
3
Observations
Andropogon glomeratus
(Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Broomsedge
Poaceae
6
2
Observations
Andropogon leucostachyus
Kunth
Poaceae
1
1
Observation
Andropogon virginicus
L.
LC
Broom-sedge
Poaceae
2
2
Observations
Axonopus compressus
(Sw.) P.Beauv.
LC
American carpet grass
Poaceae
167
132
Observations
Bambusa bambos
(L.) Voss
Indian thorny bamboo
Poaceae
9
3
Observations
Bambusa vulgaris
Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl.
Wamin Bamboo
Poaceae
178
105
Observations
Bothriochloa bladhii
(Retz.) S.T.Blake
Australian bluestem
Poaceae
3
3
Observations
Bouteloua curtipendula
(Michx.) Torr.
Tall grama grass
Poaceae
114
101
Observations
Brachiaria decumbens
Stapf
Spreading liverseed grass
Poaceae
3
3
Observations
Brachiaria humidicola
(Rendle) Schweick.
Koronivia grass
Poaceae
2
2
Observations
Brachiaria mutica
(Forssk.) Stapf
LC
Para Grass
Poaceae
8
6
Observations
Brachiaria plantaginea
(Link) Hitchc.
Plantain Liverseed Grass
Poaceae
1
1
Observation
Cenchrus echinatus
L.
LC
Spiny Sandbur
Poaceae
117
72
Observations
Chascolytrum subaristatum
(Lam.) Desv.
Poaceae
3
1
Observation
Chloris radiata
(L.) Sw.
LC
Radiate finger grass
Poaceae
13
4
Observations
Cymbopogon citratus
(DC.) Stapf
Lemongrass
Poaceae
925
819
Observations
Cymbopogon nardus
(L.) Rendle
Giant turpentine grass
Poaceae
46
43
Observations
Cynodon dactylon
(L.) Pers.
Bermudagrass
Poaceae
2,196
1,722
Observations
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
(L.) Willd.
Durban crowfoot
Poaceae
345
222
Observations
Dichanthium annulatum
(Forssk.) Stapf
Kleberg's bluestem
Poaceae
46
20
Observations
Digitaria bicornis
(Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
Southern crabgrass
Poaceae
4
1
Observation
Digitaria ciliaris
(Retz.) Koeler
Southern Crabgrass
Poaceae
176
116
Observations
Digitaria horizontalis
Willd.
LC
Jamaican crabgrass
Poaceae
2
2
Observations
Digitaria violascens
Link
Purple crabgrass
Poaceae
12
2
Observations
Echinochloa colona
(L.) Link
LC
Corn Panic-grass
Poaceae
27
15
Observations
Echinochloa polystachya
(Kunth) Hitchc.
LC
Creeping river grass
Poaceae
2
1
Observation
Echinochloa stagnina
(Retz.) P.Beauv.
LC
Burgu grass
Poaceae
1
1
Observation
Echinolaena inflexa
(Poir.) Chase
Poaceae
1
1
Observation
Eleusine indica
(L.) Gaertn.
LC
Crowfoot grass
Poaceae
736
504
Observations
Elionurus muticus
(Spreng.) Kuntze
Wire grass
Poaceae
3
1
Observation
Elymus villosus
Muhl. ex Willd.
Hairy wild rye
Poaceae
6
6
Observations
Elymus virginicus
L.
Virginia wild rye
Poaceae
40
33
Observations
Eragrostis acutiflora
(Kunth) Nees
Poaceae
12
3
Observations
Eragrostis amabilis
(L.) Wight & Arn.
Japanese lovegrass
Poaceae
15
5
Observations
Eragrostis ciliaris
(L.) R.Br.
Gophertail lovegrass
Poaceae
3
2
Observations
Eragrostis pilosa
(L.) P.Beauv.
Jersey Love-grass
Poaceae
47
24
Observations
Eragrostis prolifera
(Sw.) Steud.
LC
Dominican love grass
Poaceae
9
1
Observation
Eriochloa polystachya
Kunth
Carib grass
Poaceae
8
3
Observations
Gynerium sagittatum
(Aubl.) P.Beauv.
Uva grass
Poaceae
17
6
Observations
Hackelochloa granularis
(L.) Kuntze
Pit-Scale Grass
Poaceae
9
2
Observations
Hemarthria altissima
(Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
LC
African jointgrass
Poaceae
16
5
Observations
Homolepis aturensis
(Kunth) Chase
LC
Poaceae
11
2
Observations
Hymenachne amplexicaulis
(Rudge) Nees
Olive hymenachne
Poaceae
38
10
Observations
Hyparrhenia rufa
(Nees) Stapf
Jaragua grass
Poaceae
22
13
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