Leersia hexandra Sw.

Flora of Bolivia
Family: Poaceae
Leersia hexandra Swartz
Determined by: N. Ritter (NHA), 1997
Department of Santa Cruz
Province of Herman Busch
Laguna Caceras, below the town of Puerto Suarez.
Elevation: ca. 120 m. Approximate center of the
collecting area: 18°57'54"S. 57°47'46"W.
Aquatic grass. Common. Growing
as part of floating mats, but not
normally the dominant species.
Fertile. Habitat: a large floating
mat of aquatic vegetation,
dominated by Oxycaryum cubense
and various grasses.
July 14, 1997	#4184
Collected by: Nur Ritter, Garrett Crow and Charlyn
Crow
Hodgdon Herbarium
University of New Hampshire
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