Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	Utilized as a water and substrate stabilizer in tidal swamp restorations in South Florida. Natural populations are very rare.
Availability:
	Grown by one or two native plant nurseries in South Florida.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous grass.
Height:
	Emergent 1-2 feet above the water. Spreading from underground stems (rhizomes) and forming patches much broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Widespread along the eastern coastline of North American west to Texas and south to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland; northeastern coast of South America. Very rare in South Florida. Perhaps never naturally present or natural populations extirpated in Broward County; now cultivated there. Reported in error for the Monroe County Keys.
Habitats:
	Coastal marshes.
Soils:
	Wet, inundated brackish or saline soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	High; tolerates flooding by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Brownish inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous caryopsis.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for Aaron's skipper (Poanes aaroni).
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from division, and by seed with difficulty.
Comments:
	Imperiled and sporadic in South Florida, perhaps due to widespread modifications to coastal hydrology