1 What is
1.1 Life Span
Perennial
1.2 Type
Grass
1.3 Origin
United States, Northeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic United States, Southeastern United States, Central United States, South-Central United States, Texas, Mexico, Caribbean
1.4 Types
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
marshes, Riverbanks, Sandy areas, Tropical rainforest
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
12 - 5
1.8 Sunset Zone
Not Available
1.9 Habit
Clump-Forming
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
2.1.2 Minimum Width
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
Light Yellow, Orange Red
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Light brown, Light Green
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Olive
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Red, Dark Green, Dark Red, Bronze
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
Long Linear
2.4 Thorns
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3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Summer, Fall, Winter
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
Fast
3.2.3 Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Average
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
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3.3 Tolerances
Wet Site, Drought
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
4.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings
4.3 Plant Maintenance
Medium
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Requires consistently moist soil, Requires regular watering, Water daily during growing season
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
Moderate
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
4.5.2 Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Borers, Red blotch
4.10 Plant Tolerance
Drought
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
Showy
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
Single
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
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5.2.2 Edible Fruit
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5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
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5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
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5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
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5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
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5.4 Showy Foliage
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5.5 Showy Bark
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5.6 Foliage Texture
Coarse
5.7 Foliage Sheen
Matte
5.8 Evergreen
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5.9 Invasive
Sometimes
5.10 Self-Sowing
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5.11 Attracts
Insects
5.12 Allergy
Skin irritation
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Landscape Designing
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
No Beauty Benefits
6.1.3 Edible Uses
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6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
No Medicinal Use
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Leaves
6.2.3 Other Uses
Animal Feed, Decoration Purposes, Showy Purposes
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
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6.5 Garden Design
Groundcover, Mixed Border, Water Gardens, Wildflower
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
TRIPSACUM dactyloides
7.2 Common Name
Eastern Gamagrass
7.2.1 In Hindi
पूर्वी Gamagrass
7.2.2 In German
Eastern Gamagrass
7.2.3 In French
Gamagrass Orient
7.2.4 In Spanish
Maicillo del Este
7.2.5 In Greek
Ανατολική Gamagrass
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Gamagrass Oriental
7.2.7 In Polish
Eastern Gamagrass
7.2.8 In Latin
Orientalium Gamagrass
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
Plantae
8.2 Phylum
Streptophyta
8.3 Class
Liliopsida
8.4 Order
Poales
8.5 Family
Poaceae
8.6 Genus
Tripsacum
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
8.8 Tribe
Andropogoneae
8.9 Subfamily
Panicoideae
8.10 Number of Species