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Tripsacum dactyloides

eastern gamagrass, Fakahatchee grass
  • Photo by: Mark Hutchinson, Hernando Chapter, FNPS
  • Photo by: Mark Hutchinson, Hernando Chapter, FNPS
  • Photo by: Mark Hutchinson, Hernando Chapter, FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Ginny Stibolt, Ixia Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

eastern gamagrass, Fakahatchee grass

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Tripsacum dactyloides

Familia:

Poaceae (Gramineae)

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

grass

Tamaño:

4 to 6 ft tall by 2 to 4 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

yellow,orange,red

Color de la fruta:

yellow, brown

Fenología:

Evergreen. Clump-forming. Blooms spring-fall.

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Hedge, foundation planting, individual large grass clump, background screen for a flower garden. Rain garden or bioswale.

Consideraciones:

Can die back and become messy during cold winters, but new growth covers it in the spring.

Disponibilidad:

Quality Nurseries, Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales, Seed

Propagación:

Readily self-seeds, seeds are easily collected by bagging the seed heads once the delicate flowers have been pollinated and drop off.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam

pH del suelo:

5.1 to 7.5

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

Las zonas del USDA se basan en la temperatura mínima extrema invernal anual promedio.

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Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Larval host for three-spotted skipper ( Cymaenes tripunctus ), clouded skipper ( Lerema accius ) and Byssusskipper ( Problema byssus ) (Minno and Minno, 1999).

 Even when trimmed occasionally, Gama Grass will provide cover for small mammals, birds, and reptiles. Deer eat the seeds.

Hábitats nativos:

Wet bogs, roadsides, ditches, wet hammocks, river banks, low thickets, pine woods, open swamps, open habitats, flatwoods, sandhill, scrub. Also cultivated.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

In a managed garden, gamagrass can be trimmed back at the end of winter.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Huegel, Craig, N.  2012.  Native wildflowers and other ground covers for Florida landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Ginny Stibolt, personal observation. Tripsacum dactyloides IS salt tolerant. I had it growing in Maryland right at the shoreline in the Brackish Chesapeake Bay and this sunrise photo is on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville where the river is also brackish as the tides roll in from the Atlantic. Mesohaline (14.5 parts per 1000) according to the map in this article: http://sjrr.domains.unf.edu/2-8-salinity/ I took this photo at JAX NAS inside the 295 beltway, well into the bright green area. Yes, it’s not growing right in the flats, but only about a foot higher and this river floods often enough that it wouldn’t grow there if it were not salt tolerant.



Minno, Marc and Maria Minno.  1999.  Florida butterfly gardening.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville.



Nelson, Gil.  2003.  Florida's Best Landscape Plants. Association of Florida Native Nurseries.



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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