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Eastern gama grass

Tripsacum dactyloides

Family: Poaceae Genus: Tripsacum Species: dactyloides

Synonyms: Tripsacum compressum, Ischaemum glabrum, Tripsacum dactyloides subsp. hispidum, Tripsacum dactyloides var. hispidum, Dactylodes dactyloides, Dactylodes angulatum, Tripsacum bravum, Tripsacum dactyloides var. genuinum, Tripsacum dactyloides var. floridanum, Tripsacum dactyloides var. angustifolium, Tripsacum monostachyon, Tripsacum dactyloides var. monostachyon, Tripsacum dactyloides var. meridionale, Tripsacum dactyloides var. occidentale, Tripsacum dactyloides var. mexicanum, Coix angulata, Tripsacum dactyloides f. prolificum, Tripsacum floridanum, Coix dactyloides

Eastern gama grass (en)
Tripsacum dactyloides — flower
Tripsacum dactyloides — flower

Botanical Description

Flower: Inconspicuous

Foliage: Texture: coarse

Native Region: Alabama, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Masachusettes, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Virginia, West Virginia

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID
236369

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