Florida Gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides)
Description
Tripsacum dactyloides, commonly called eastern gamagrass, is a warm-season, sod-forming bunch grass. It is widespread in the Western Hemisphere, native from the eastern United States to northern South America. Its natural habitat is in sunny moist areas, such as along watercourses and in wet prairies. In some areas, it has adapted well to disturbed conditions.Usually gamagrass grows to a height of 2�3 feet (0.61�0.91 m), but it can be as high as 8�10 ft (2.4�3.0 m). Tripsacum dactyloides is one of the species in the Poaceae family, one of the Andropogoneae tribe, and one of the sub-tribes of Tripsacinae. As the plant is a distant relative of corn, it shares common subtribes with the Zea mays corn species.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Poales
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Family: Poaceae
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Genus: Tripsacum
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