Scientific Name: Cladium procerum

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  • Pronunciation:
    CLAY-dee-um pro-SIR-um
  • Common Name:
    Leafy Twigrush
  • Type:
    Sedge
  • Family:
    CYPERACEAE
  • Status:
    Uncommon
  • Flowers Color:
    Brown
  • Fruit Color:
    N/A
  • Vegetation Type:
    Coastal Freshwater wetlands
  • Species List:
    SRR NNP, SRR, Fraser Island,
Identification Notes

Prominent in Everglades **Identifying features - Cladium sp** Culms: Erect, hollow, rounded to bluntly triangular. Inflorescence: Panicle with several remote partial panicles, brances solitary or in pairs in axils of bracts. Involucral bracts: Sheathing at base of inflorescence, long. Leaves: Leafy, three-ranked, with long tubular sheaths and flat blades.