Family: Poaceae
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Group: Monocot
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Herb
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Native Range: South Florida and southern Mexico (Yucatan peninsula).
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                     
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
                                    
                                    
                                    Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
					SNR
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
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 212-213) based on one extant occurrence at Little Hamaca Park in Monroe County. It is still present there (Woodmansee 2022) and no new locations are known. 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Not Cultivated
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Comments: For another image, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.