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Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.
Eastern gamagrass, Fakahatchee grass

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and central United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. See a 2019 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on Fakahatchee Grass (Eatern Gama Grass) and it relation to corn.

Other data on Tripsacum dactyloides available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Tripsacum dactyloides has been found in the following 46 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Arch Creek Addition	Present	Native
Arch Creek Park	Present	Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Regional Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Grassy Waters Preserve	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Halpatiokee Regional Park	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native
Kendall Indian Hammocks Park	Present	Native
Koreshan State Historic Site	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area - FWC, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Pal-Mar	Present	Native
Phipps Ocean Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Pine Jog Environmental Sciences Center	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
Tall Cypress Natural Area	Present	Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Tripsacum dactyloides has been found in the following 8 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native