Creeping Leafstalk Grass

Listed as Endangered in Florida.  Also found in Central and South America and parts of the Caribbean.

This species has only recently begun to be cultivated in Florida.  Expect this information to be upgraded as more is learned.  Right now the only native nursery that we know of that is growing this species is Green Isles Gardens near Clermont, FL.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Likely dispersed by birds or mammals (https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/154505794.pdf).

Limestone influenced hammocks including Indian mounds.

• Interesting foliage