Landscape Uses:
	Not recommended for general landscape use.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	Somewhat weedy, often recruiting on its own. Use only with caution.
Availability:
	Not cultivated.
Description:
	An annual grass.
Height:
	Typically 3-6 feet in height. Much taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Eastern North America and the West Indies.
Habitats:
	A wide variety of freshwater wetland ecosystems. It often recruits following disturbance.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, moderately well-drained sandy soils, without humusy top layer, acid to alkaline pH.
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:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
Flower Characteristics:
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	inconspicuous caryopsis.
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