Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies, North America, Mexico and Central America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 188-190, with illustrations) for sandy seasonally moist areas near the coast, salt marshes, and wet sandy meadows in scattered locations nearly throughout the Commonwealth (regions 2, 6, 10). Correll & Correll noted that sterile plants, probably of this species, had been found on many islands. The Global Biodiveristy Information Facility (link below) has a specimen collected on Eleuthera (region 8).
Comments:
Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in Florida.
