Landscape Uses:
	Accent grass. Large groundcover in wet to moist areas.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Widely cultivated. Available in Boynton Beach at Sustaincape Florida, Lake Worth at  Indian Trails Native Nursery and at  Amelia's SmartyPlants , and in Naples at Everglades Native Designs.
Description:
	Large herbaceous grass.
Height:
	Typically 3-4 feet in height; to 6 feet when in flower. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Widespread in eastern and central North America south to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Habitats:
	Marshes, swamps and wet pinelands.
Soils:
	Moist to wet, moderately well-drained to poorly-drained sandy, organic, or limestone soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
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:
	Anthers orange, stigma purple.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy inflorescence.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous caryopsis.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for clouded skipper (Lerema accius) and three-spotted skipper (Cymaenes tripunctus) butterflies. Provides seeds and insects for birds.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed and division.
Comments:
	See a 2019 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on Fakahatchee Grass (Eastern Gama Grass) and it’s relation to corn.