Family: Poaceae
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Group: Monocot
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Herb
					 
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Native Range: Eastern and central United States, the Greater Antilles, Mexico and Central America.
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
					
                                    Secure
					
              
                
                
				
                                     
Map of South Florida Locations
                                    
				
                                    SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
			      
                                    
                                    
		    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Not Cultivated
					
                                    
                                    
	            
                                    
Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Vascular Plants link below. 
                                    
                                    
				
          
            FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
          
				  
						Reported
				  
				  
				  
		      
                                      
Map of Florida Keys Locations
                                    
				
          Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913.  Reported only for the National Key Deer Refuge (Austin et al., 1980).