General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Availability:
Available at native plant nurseries in central and South Florida.
Description: Medium herbaceous grass.
Dimensions: About 1-2 feet in height; up to 6 feet in flower. Spreading from underground stems (rhizomes) and forming small patches broader than tall.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Widespread in North America (including Mexico) south to South Florida, at least as far south as Palm Beach and Lee counties.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of Postal Code Areas of IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Pinelands
Soils: Moist, well-drained sandy soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements: Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
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: Summer-fall.
Fruit: Inconspicuous caryopsis.
Wildlife and Ecology: Valuable source of seeds for birds.
Horticultural Notes: Can be grown from seed and division.
Comments: Taxonomy: some authors place S. rhizomatum into synonomy here.
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