North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Poaceae > Cladium (sawgrass)
	Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) New Hanover Co., NC 23 Sep 2006 Common in brackish marshes along the NC coast, sawgrass is easily recognized from a distance by its distinctive old inflorescenses.
	Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) New Hanover Co., NC 23 Sep 2006 Appropriately named, Sawgrass leaf blades are very sharp and tough and can cut skin and clothing.
	Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008 Sawgrass marsh along the coast.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.