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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.
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