General Landscape Uses:
Not recommended for general landscape use. It can be incorporated into habitat restorations but it can be very aggressive, recruiting readily from seed and growing very quickly.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description: Medium herbaceous grass.
Dimensions: 1-2 feet; to 3 feet when in flower.
Growth Rate: Fast.
Range:
Southeastern United States, the West Indies, Mexico and Central America.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of Postal Code Areas of IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: A wide variety of sunny upland or seasonally innundated ecosystems.
Soils: Moist to wet, moderately well-drained sandy or limestone soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements: Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance: Moderate; tolerates brackish water or occasional inundation by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Secondary line; tolerates significant salt wind without injury, but usually is somewhat protected.
Drought Tolerance: High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements: Full sun.
Flower Color: Brownish inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics: Semi-showy inflorescence.
Flowering Season: All year.
Fruit: Inconspicuous caryopsis.
Horticultural Notes: Can easily be grown from seed.
