Paspalum fluitans (Water paspalum)

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Paspalum fluitans (Elliott) Kunth

Water paspalum, horsetail paspalum

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Paspalum mucronatum Muhl.
Paspalum repens auct. non P.J. Bergius
Paspalum repens P.J. Bergius var. fluitans (Elliott) Wipff & S.D. Jones

9/1/2013 · Trail Near James River, Midlothian, Virginia · ≈ 8 × 9″ (19 × 21 cm)

9/1/2013 · Trail Near James River, Midlothian, Virginia · ≈ 9 × 7″ (23 × 18 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Paspalum	From the Greek paspalos for “millet”
Species	fluitans	Floating

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Paspalum fluitans description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.