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Tridens flavus (L.) A.S. Hitchc. var. chapmanii
(Small) Shinners
Chapman's purpletop tridens

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States.

Map of Florida Locations

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Possibly Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Possibly Extirpated

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as possibly extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002; pp 179-180) based on collections in 1900 and 1954 along the Caloosahatchee River in Lee County, and a possible waif or introduced population at Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Collier County in 1988. No new records are known.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For a specimen image, visit TROPICOS.

Other data on Tridens flavus var. chapmanii available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Tridens flavus var. chapmanii has been found in the following conservation area :
Occurrence Native Status
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Possibly Extirpated Doubtfully Native

Tridens flavus var. chapmanii has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Collier County Possibly Extirpated Doubtfully Native
Lee County Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated

Tridens flavus var. chapmanii has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Disturbed Upland
Mesic Hammock