Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and southern Mexico (Yucatan peninsula).
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 212-213) based on one extant occurrence at Little Hamaca Park in Monroe County. It is still present there (Woodmansee 2022) and no new locations are known.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For another image, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: First collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on the island of Key West. First published by Chapman in 1860 as Streptachne floridana. However, not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Rediscovered in the lower Florida Keys by George N. Avery in 1965. For more information on A. floridana in the Florida Keys, see IRC's
species account.
