Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	Found along the east coast on beach dunes in the pioneer zone in bare sand.
Availability:
	Grown by one or two native plant nurseries in South Florida.
Description:
	Small rhizomatous herbaceous sedge.
Height:
	Typically 2-3 inches in height. Spreading from underground stems (rhizomes) with individual clumps emerging from bare sand.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate to slow.
Range:
	Miami-Dade County north along the east coast to Brevard County (Satellite Beach); West Indies, southern Mexico (Yucatan), Central America, South America and the Old World.
Habitats:
	Beach dunes.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy 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:
	Pioneer; grows in unconsolidated substrate in direct salt wind and spray.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	White to yellowish.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Primarily grown from division. This is a difficult species to grow.
Comments:
	It is listed as endangered by the state of Florida.