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Para grass thrives in ditches, wetlands, and lakes
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Panicle
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Hairs on Stem
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Numerous hairs on sheath. Even very young stems (<3" in height) contain hairs
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Land
Management Program at Archbold Biological Station
P.O. Box 2057, Lake Placid, FL 33862
Phone 863-465-2571 FAX 863-699-1927
E-mail: landmanager@archbold-station.org
Para grass (Urochloa mutica)
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Para grass thrives in ditches, wetlands, and lakes
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Panicle
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Hairs on Stem
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Numerous hairs on sheath. Even very young stems (<3" in height) contain hairs
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Resprouting after a prescribed burn
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Para grass over-taking a freshwater marsh in central Highlands County
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Patch of para grass growing in ditch in Placid Lakes
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Para grass growing at the edge of a rosemary bald in Placid Lakes. The grass apparently was dumped at the site as yard clippings.
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Para grass (left) and alligator weed (right) growing on the edge of a lake in Highlands County.
Photo Credits: Jeff Hutchinson
• Hutchinson, J.T.,
April 2003.
© Archbold Biological Station, 2003 April.
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