Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass)

Tripsacum dactyloides, Eastern Gamagrass, Fakahatchee Grass

Botanical name: Tripsacum dactyloides

Common names: Eastern Gamagrass, Fakahatchee Grass

Family: Poaceae

Origin: Florida

USDA Plant Hardiness MapSmall plant 2-5 ftSemi-shadeFull sunModerate waterRegular waterFlood tolerant plant

Recommended Uses: Hedge, individual large grass clump, background screen for a flower garden. Tripsacum dactyloides can survive droughts and floods for a long time because of its rigid and thick rhizomatous roots which firmly holding the plant upright.



Tripsacum dactyloides, Eastern Gamagrass, Fakahatchee Grass
Tripsacum dactyloides, Eastern Gamagrass, Fakahatchee Grass


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