| Beaked panicum
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| Panicum anceps
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| Poaceae
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Landscape Uses:
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Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. |
Ecological Restoration Notes: |
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| Availability: |
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Rarely grown by native plant nurseries. |
| Description: |
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Medium herbaceous grass. |
| Height: |
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About 2-3 feet in height. Spreading from underground stems and forming patches broader than tall. |
| Growth Rate: |
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Moderate. |
| Range: |
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Eastern and central United States west to Texas and south to Martin, Hendry and Collier counties. |
| Habitats: |
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Wet pinelands and marshes. |
| Soils: |
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Moist to wet, moderately well-drained sandy soils, with some humusy material in the top layer. |
| Nutritional Requirements: |
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Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive. |
| Salt Water Tolerance: |
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Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water. |
| Salt Wind Tolerance: |
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Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. |
| Drought Tolerance: |
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Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought. |
| Light Requirements: |
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Full sun to light shade. |
| Flower Color: |
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Brownish inflorescence. |
| Flower Characteristics: |
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Inconspicuous. |
| Flowering Season: |
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Summer-fall. |
| Fruit: |
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Inconspicuous caryopsis. |
| Wildlife and Ecology: |
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Larval host for clouded skipper (Lerema accius) butterflies). Attracts pollinators. |
| Horticultural Notes: |
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Can be grown from seed. |
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Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
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Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
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Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
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Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
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Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
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