Family: Poaceae

Form: Clumping, herbaceous grass reaching 2 to 3 ft

Leaves: Simple, linear

Stem/Bark: Herbaceous

Flower: Spiked inflorescence, inconspicuous

Fruit: Caryopsis

Comments: Tripsacum floridanum is smaller with finer foliage than the other FL native Tripsacum grass, Tripsacum dactyloides.