Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash

Wrinkled Joint-Tail Grass

Natural range:  Eastern Seaboard to Texas

Habitat:  Wet pine woods, marshes

Recognition:  Cylindric, pencil-like inflorescence with strongly transversely wrinkled sessile spikelet.

Florida status: Native, common in marshy habitats and on shores

Sessile spikelet showing strong transverse wrinkles                                Pedicellate spikelet