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Tripsacum dactyloides, Eastern Gamagrass, Fakahatchee Grass

Tripsacum dactyloides

Eastern Gamagrass, Fakahatchee Grass
Family: Poaceae
Origin: Florida
USDA Zone: 6-9?
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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