Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also butterfly gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	An occasional understory grass in a wide variety of open upland and wetland ecosytems.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous clumping grass.
Height:
	Typically 1-2 feet in height; to 3 feet when in flower. Typically taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Eastern United States west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico and Central America.
Habitats:
	Pinelands, prairies and coastal uplands.
Soils:
	Moist to seasonally wet, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	High; can tolerate moderate amounts of salt wind without significant injury.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Light brown inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Noticable caryopsis with three long awns.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host for Meske's skipper (Hesperia meskei).
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	Spreads readily from seed in the garden and can become weedy. Our treatment here includes Hillsboro threeawn (A. purpurascens var. tenuispica).