Base de datos de plantas del FNPS
Tridens flavus
Nomenclatura
Nombre común:
Sinónimo(s):
Especie del género:
Familia:
Poaceae
Especificaciones de la planta
Forma:
Tamaño:
Esperanza de vida:
Long-lived perennial
Color de la flor:
Color de la fruta:
Fenología:
Destacado por:
Paisajismo
Usos recomendados:
Consideraciones:
Disponibilidad:
Propagación:
Luz:
Tolerancia a la humedad:
Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco
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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Not wet but not extremely dry
Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:
Unknown
Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray
Suelo u otro sustrato:
pH del suelo:
Apto para cultivo en:
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Acreditado en:
Ecología
Fauna:
Butterflies, moths.
Turkey and quail eat the seed. Provides cover for small ground-dwelling animals.
Hábitats nativos:
Comentarios:
Etnobotánica:
Comentarios generales:
Citas:
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Barbour, Jill Ruby. (2007). Propagation protocol for production of Propagules (seeds, cuttings, poles, etc.) Tridens flavus seeds [In] Native Plant Network. ( https://npn.rngr.net/renderNPNProtocolDetails?selectedProtocolIds=poaceae-tridens-3126 ), Accessed 2026. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.
Boggess, N. and B. Baker. (1983). Edaphic requirements and characteristics of purpletop. Agronomy Journal. (75): pgs.53-56. ( https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj1983.00021962007500010014x ). Accessed 2026.
Grabowski, Janet. (2001). Propagation protocol for production of propagules (seeds, cuttings, poles, etc.) Tridens flavus (L.) A.S. Hitche. plants. ( https://npn.rngr.net/renderNPNProtocolDetails?selectedProtocolIds=poaceae-tridens-403 ). Accessed 2026. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.
Harmond, J, J. Smith, and J. Park. (1961). Harvesting the seeds of grasses and legumes [In] The yearbook of agriculture 1961. Seeds. Pgs 181-188. United States Department of Agriculture. US Government Printing Office. Washington, DC.
Hilty, John. (2002-2018). Grasses, Sedges, Rushes, & Non-flowering Plants of Illinois: Purpletop, Tridens flavus cupreus. ( https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/grasses/plants/purpletop.htm. Accessed 2026.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. (2025). Plant Database: Tridens flavus (Purpletop tridens). ( https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=TRFL2 ). Accessed 2026. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
Linex, R. (2014). Range plants of north central Texas-a landuser’s guide to their identification, value, and management. Natural Resource Conservation Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
Loflin, B., and S. Loflin. (2012). Grasses of the Texas Hill Country: A Field Guide. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX.
Miller, J., and K. Miller. (2005). Forest Plants of the Southeast and their Wildlife Uses. Revised ed. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA.
North Carolina State Extension. (Undated). North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. ( https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/ ). North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University, Greensboro, NC.
Pfaff, S.L., and C. Maura, Jr. (1997). Developing Seed Sources of Florida Native Upland Grass Species. ( ). Accessed 2026. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service Brooksville Plant Materials Center, Brooksville, FL.
Pfaff, S, M. Gonter, and C. Maura. (2002). Florida Native Seed Production Manual. ( .) Accessed 2026. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service Brooksville Plant Materials Center. Brooksville, FL.
