Tripsacum floridanum Porter ex Vasey. Common name: Florida Gama grass. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Pine rocklands, and cultivated northwards in FL as an ornamental (Hall 2019). Distribution: S. FL; Cuba; Hispaniola.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25, HC, K4, S, S13, WH3. Basionym: Tripsacum floridanum Porter ex Vasey 1892
Links to other floras: = Tripsacum floridanum - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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