Copyright by: George D. Gann, 16 March 2015
In habitat, Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park
Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to South Florida.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Critically Imperiled
United States Federal Status:
Threatened
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 245-247) based one occurrence at Everglades National Park in Miami-Dade County. Twospike crabgrass was discovered in Big Cypress National Preserve by IRC biologists Steve Woodmansee and Herbert Kessler in 2003. It was vouchered in the same general location later that year by IRC biologists Keith Bradley and Melissa Abdo (2553, FTG). There are also several specimens collected by Jason R. Swallen on Big Pine Key in the U.S. National Herbarium, where is presumed extirpated.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For a current review of
Digitaria pauciflora throughout its range, see the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Species Profile.
See also, IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015), page 142.
