Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Annual
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Critically Imperiled
Native Range:
The West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America; naturalized in Florida.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for the Turks and Caicos (South Caicos) without habitat, but with a note that this species is commonly found in disturbed area.
Comments:
A common weed in the West Indies and tropical America, but listed only for open coppices in the Turks & Caicos by Correll & Correll (1982: 96-97, with illustrations).
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