Landscape Uses:
	Accent grass.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Medium to large herbaceous grass.
Height:
	Typically 5-6 feet in height. Spreading from underground stems (rhizomes) and forming large patches.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Widespread in North America south to the Monroe County Keys; Bermuda, the West Indies (Cuba), Mexico, Central America and South America. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to Big Pine Key and nearby islands.
Habitats:
	Pinelands, coastal uplands and marshes.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, periodically inundated freshwater to brackish sandy or limestone soils, without humus.
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:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Reddish-brown inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous caryopsis.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for Delaware skipper (Anatrytone logan) and dotted skipper (Hesperia attalus) butterflies. Attracts pollinators.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed and divisions.
Comments:
	A widely cultivated plant with many cultivars. Only local sources should be used.