Cyperaceae
Smooth sawgrass
Cladium mariscoides
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cladium
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Smooth sawgrass, Twigrush
- Finnish
- Pikkutaarna
- French
- Marisque inerme
Synonyms
- Cladium mariscoides f. congestum Fernald
- Cladium mariscoides f. mariscoides
- Mariscus mariscoides (Muhl.) Kuntze
- Mariscus mariscoides f. congestus (Fernald) Fernald
- Schoenus mariscoides Muhl.
Flowers
- In flower
- July (from 19 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: askalotl, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: botany08, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: infiniteuniverse, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CJChapm, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: psweet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CJChapm, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bobkennedy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.