Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Tripsacum floridanum

dwarf Fakahatchee grass, Florida gamagrass
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

dwarf Fakahatchee grass, Florida gamagrass

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Tripsacum floridanum

Familia:

Poaceae (Gramineae)

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

grass

Tamaño:

2-3 ft tall by 2-3 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

green

Color de la fruta:

Fenología:

Evergreen. Clump forming.

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Informal borders.

Consideraciones:

Can get messy after cold spells.

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales

Propagación:

Seed or division of clumps.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

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

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Very long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Lime Rock

pH del suelo:

neutral to alkaline

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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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
Not vouchered
Selected
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Larval host for Byssus Skipper ( Problema byssus ).

Seeds are eaten by birds.  Provides cover for lizzards and other small animals.

Hábitats nativos:

Pine rockland. Also cultivated. Dry sites.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

Grows well well north of its native range.  Documented in very southern counties with an outlier in Martin County -- that outlier is also unique in that it was collected near a cypress dome.



Closely related to corn, this species has been crossed with maize to produce a corn that is resistant to Helminthosporium turcicum, the fungus that causes northern leaf blight  (Wikipedia).



Listed as Threatened in Florida.

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

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



IRC (salt tolerance),



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



Wikipedia



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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