Zoysia matrella
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Zoysia matrella

Manila grass

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr., commonly known as Manila grass, is a species of mat-forming, perennial grass native to temperate coastal southeastern Asia and northern Australasia, from southern Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan, and southern China (Guangdong, Hainan) south through Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to northern Australia (northeast Queensland), and west to the Cocos Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean.

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Seasonality

Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 4 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 43 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 87 · GBIF 30 records