Landscape Uses:
	Groundcover in sunny moist soils. Wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A widespread and common understory grass of open uplands and short hydroperiod wetlands, but rather weedy in disturbed ecosystems.
Availability:
	Grown by one or two native plant nurseries in South Florida. Available in Boynton Beach at Sustainscape (561-245-5305).
Description:
	Small to medium herbaceous clumping grass.
Height:
	Typically 6-18 inches in height. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Southeastern United States west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, southern Mexico and Belize.
Habitats:
	Pinelands, prairies and open coastal areas.
Soils:
	Moist to wet, well-drained or occasionally inundated freshwater or brackish soils.
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:
	Whitish inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy inflorescence.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous caryopsis.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Birds eat the abundant seeds. Attracts pollinators.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	Can become somewhat weedy in open, disturbed sites. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.