Setaria magna Grisebach. Common name: Saltmarsh Foxtail-grass, Giant Foxtail-grass. Phenology: Jun-Oct (-May). Habitat: Tidal marshes (oligohaline and less typically mesohaline), interdune swales, near-coastal marshes, less typically inland, in south Florida interior in deep freshwater marshes and “holes” in cypress domes and strand swamps. Distribution: NJ south to s. FL, west to e. TX; disjunct inland in GA, AR, LA, TX, and NM; West Indies; Bermuda; Costa Rica, Mexico (CAM, COA, ROO, TAM, YUC), Brazil, Argentina.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA25, G, HC, K4, Meso6, NcTx, RAB, SFla, Tat, Tx, Va, WH3, Webster (1993b); = Chaetochloa magna (Griseb.) Scribn. — S, S13. Basionym: Setaria magna Griseb. 1864
Links to other floras: = Setaria magna - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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