Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2013
Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The Bahamas, southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 190) for coastal flats, edges of mangroves, and marshes in the northwestern Commonwealth (regions 9-10). Correll & Correll noted that sterile plants, probably of this species, had been found in region 1.
Comments:
Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in Florida.
