Landscape Uses:
	Coastal lawns and golf courses.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Small creeping herbaceous grass.
Height:
	Typically 6-12 inches in height; to 2 feet in flower. Spreading and forming large open or dense patches.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southeastern United States west to Texas and south mostly along the Florida coasts to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World.
Habitats:
	Wet to moist coastal areas, occasionally inland.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, well-drained to inundated sandy, limestone, or organic soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	High; tolerates flooding by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Pioneer; grows in unconsolidated substrate in direct salt wind and spray.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Green inflorescence turning brown.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous light brown caryopsis.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed and division.
Comments:
	It can be mowed and is being used as a lawn grass in coastal areas.