Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wet butterfly gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by one or two native plant nurseries in South Florida.
Description:
	Large erect herbaceous grass.
Height:
	To 8-10 feet in height. Spreading from underground stems (rhizomes) and forming patches.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Eastern and central United States and scattered in Florida south to Broward and Collier counties; Veracruz, Mexico.
Habitats:
	Swamps and marshes.
Soils:
	Wet, poorly-drained organic soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth.
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:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Brownish inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy inflorescence.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-summer.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous caryopsis.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for clouded skipper (Lerema accius) and least skipper (Analoxypha numitor) butterflies.
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