Landscape Uses:
	Groundcover in coastal areas. Also wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by one or two native plant nurseries in South Florida. Available in in Boynton Beach at Sustainscape (561-245-5305).
Description:
	Small creeping herbaceous grass.
Height:
	About 6-12 inches in height; to 18 inches when in flower. Spreading and forming large patches much broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southeastern United States and Maryland west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Habitats:
	Brackish coastal areas and beach dunes.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to periodically inundated brackish or saline soils, with or without organic or humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low to moderate; it can grow in nutrient poor soils or soils with some organic content.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Moderate; tolerates brackish water or occasional inundation by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Pioneer; grows in unconsolidated substrate in direct salt wind and spray.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Light brown inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous light brown caryopsis.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for obscure skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed and division.
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