indigenousCyperaceae
Cladium mariscus
Swamp Sawgrass
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Cladium mariscus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names swamp sawgrass, great fen-sedge, saw-sedge or sawtooth sedge. Previously it was known as elk sedge. It is native of temperate Europe and Asia where it grows in base-rich boggy areas and lakesides. It can be up to 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) tall, and has leaves with hard serrated edges.
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Where documented · 18 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 11 · GBIF 28 records
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 4
Wailau · MolokaʻiGBIF 3
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kapaka · OʻahuGBIF 2
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuGBIF 1
Ukumehame · MauiGBIF 1
Olowalu · MauiGBIF 1
Honolulu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Lauhulu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pelekunu · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Kawela · MolokaʻiGBIF 1