Tripsacum dactyloides Gamma Grass
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACW Soil: pH 5.1-7.5
Form/Color To 8', densely tufted, robust plants, large Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
underground stems, blooms and fruits in Tolerance: tolerance.
June-September.
Urban Tolerant of soil compaction.
Tolerance:
Habitat: Open marshes.
Ecosystem Host to some butterflies and their
Services: larvae, host to larvae of moth
Amphipoea erepta, seeds eaten by
Hydrology: Tolerant of brackish water. deer and birds.
Ornamental Delicate red to orange stamens hang
Value: from a long inflorescence on male plants. Compatibility: Can form colonies. Rhizomes can
The seed pods resemble fingers or be visible above the earth.
claws.
Salt Low tolerance of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Distant relative to corn. Known to
sometimes compete with invasive
Shade Intolerant of shade. species like Phragmites. One of very
Tolerance: few grasses with unisexual flowers.