Blue-maidencane
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Amphicarpum muhlenbergianum
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Poaceae
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Landscape Uses:
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Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. |
Ecological Restoration Notes: |
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An occasional element in a variety of freshwater wetlands. |
Availability: |
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Rarely grown by native plant nurseries. |
Description: |
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Medium herbaceous grass. |
Height: |
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Typically 1-2 feet in height. Spreading by horizontal stems (stolons) and forming large patches. |
Growth Rate: |
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Moderate. |
Range: |
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Southeastern United States south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties. |
Habitats: |
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Wet pinelands, cypress swamps, marshes and wet disturbed sites. |
Soils: |
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Wet to moist, moderately well-drained sandy soils, without humusy top layer. |
Nutritional Requirements: |
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Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils and may become aggressive with excess nutrients. |
Salt Water Tolerance: |
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Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water. |
Salt Wind Tolerance: |
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Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. |
Drought Tolerance: |
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Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought. |
Light Requirements: |
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Full sun. |
Flower Color: |
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Brownish inflorescence. |
Flower Characteristics: |
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Inconspicuous. |
Flowering Season: |
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Fall. |
Fruit: |
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Inconspicuous caryopsis. |
Wildlife and Ecology: |
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The above ground flowers are sterile; fertile flowers are borne below ground on slender subterranean branches. |
Horticultural Notes: |
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Can be grown by division. |
Comments: |
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Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
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