Landscape Uses:
	Water gardens and along pond and lake edges.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Widely available in central Florida. Commonly available at native plant nurseries in northeast and South Florida. Available in in Boynton Beach at Sustainscape (561-245-5305).
Description:
	Large herbaceous grass.
Height:
	About 3-4 feet in height; to 6 feet when in flower. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southeastern United States west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to Big Pine Key.
Habitats:
	Marshes, mostly inland, rarely coastal.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, poorly-drained to moderately well-drained sandy or calcareous 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:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate to low; requires moist to wet soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Brownish inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Fall-spring.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous caryopsis.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed and division.
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