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Tripsacum floridanum is a species of grass in the family Poaceae known by the common name Florida gamagrass. [1] It is native to Cuba and the US state of Florida. [2] [3] [4] This grass grows from a short, thick rhizome and produces stems up to a meter tall. It may produce one stem or a small clump of stems.
Along with true grasses (Poaceae), several other families of grass-like plants are typically marketed as ornamental grasses. These include the sedges (Cyperaceae), rushes ( Juncaceae ), restios (Restionaceae), and cat-tails (Typhaceae).
Tridens flavus, known as purpletop, purpletop tridens, tall redtop, greasy grass, and grease grass, [1] [2] [3] is a large, robust perennial bunchgrass. The seeds are purple, giving the grass its common name. The seeds are also oily, leading to its other common name, "grease grass". It reproduces by seed and tillers.
Panicum abscissum is a species of grass known by the common name cutthroat grass. It is endemic to Florida in the United States. It is limited to five counties in the central Florida peninsula. [1] This species is a rhizomatous perennial grass with stems growing up to 70 centimetres (2.
Sporobolus bakeri is a species of grass known by the common names sand cordgrass [1] and bunch cordgrass. It is native to the south-eastern United States, where it grows along the coast and in inland freshwater habitat in Florida. [2] This species forms dense bunches up to 20 feet wide with stems up to 4 feet tall.
Sorghastrum nutans is prominent in the tallgrass prairie ecosystem and the northern, central, and Flint Hills tall grassland ecoregions, along with the grasses big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). It is also common in areas of longleaf pine.