Coast cockspur
Echinochloa walteri
Poaceae


Landscape Uses:

Not recommended for general landscape use.

Ecological Restoration Notes:

Somewhat weedy, often recruiting on its own. Use only with caution.
Availability:
Not cultivated.
Description:
An annual grass.
Height:
Typically 3-6 feet in height. Much taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
Fast.
Range:
Eastern North America and the West Indies.
Habitats:
A wide variety of freshwater wetland ecosystems. It often recruits following disturbance.
Soils:
Wet to moist, moderately well-drained sandy soils, without humusy top layer, acid to alkaline pH.
Nutritional Requirements:
Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
High; can tolerate moderate amounts of salt wind without significant injury.
Drought Tolerance:
Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
Full sun.
Flower Color:
Flower Characteristics:
Flowering Season:
All year.
Fruit:
inconspicuous caryopsis.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:


Keith A. Bradley
Keith A. Bradley
Jay Horn via iNaturalist
Keith A. Bradley
George D. Gann, 2018
In habitat at Lake Ida Parcel, Delray Beach, Florida
George D. Gann, 2018
In habitat at Lake Ida Parcel, Delray Beach, Florida
Jay Horn via iNaturalist
Jay Horn via iNaturalist