Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Vine
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
In pinelands and dense coppices; scattered nearly throughout the Commonwealth (Correll & Correll, 1982: p. 100 with illustrations). Apparently absent in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
There is an illustration in Correll & Correll (p. 100).
Comments:
For a specimen image, visit the
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Virtual Herbarium.
Synonyms:
Arthrostylidium capillifolium.
