Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Annual
Native Range: Eastern and southern United States, the West Indies, Mexico and Central America (Costa Rica); introduced in the interior of the United States and elsewhere.
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Rare
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Vascular Plants link below.
Synonyms:
Chaetochloa magna.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Reported
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks and sand dunes in the upper Keys. Also reported for Big Pine Key (Dickson, 1953), but this was cited as probably misidentified in Austin et al. (1980). There are no verifiable vouchers known from the Florida Keys.
