Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also butterfly gardens in saline areas along the coast.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A somewhat sporadic element of tidal marshes. The similar looking Sporobolus virginicus is much more common in South Florida.
Availability:
	Available at native plant nurseries in central Florida.
Description:
	Small herbaceous grass.
Height:
	About 4-8 inches in height; to 12 inches when in flower. Spreading from underground stems (rhizomes) and forming large patches.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Widespread in North America south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Habitats:
	Tidal marshes.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, regularly inundated saline soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	High; tolerates flooding by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Gray-green inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	All year; peak spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous light brown caryopsis.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides food for birds. Larval host plant for obscure skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) and saltmarsh skipper (Panoquina panoquin) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed or divisions.
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