Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	An occasional element in a variety of freshwater wetlands.
Availability:
	Grown by one or two native plant nurseries in South Florida.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous grass.
Height:
	Typically 1-2 feet in height. Spreading by horizontal stems (stolons) and forming large patches.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southeastern United States south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties.
Habitats:
	Wet pinelands, cypress swamps, marshes and wet disturbed sites.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, moderately well-drained sandy soils, without humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils and may become aggressive with excess nutrients.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Brownish inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous caryopsis.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	The above ground flowers are sterile; fertile flowers are borne below ground on slender subterranean branches.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown by division.
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