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Chloris elata Desv.
Tall windmillgrass

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Presumed Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Presumed Extirpated

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as presumed extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002, pp 70-71), based numerous collections in the Florida Keys from 1898 to 1978, and observed until 1979 on Key Largo, and several collections near downtown Miami from 1903 to 1921.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For an image, visit Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul's Flora Digital.

Synonyms: C. polydactyla.

Other data on Chloris elata available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Chloris elata has been found in the following conservation area :
Occurrence Native Status
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated

Chloris elata has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated
Monroe County (Keys) Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated

Chloris elata has been found in the following 3 habitats :
Disturbed Upland
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock