Tripsacum dactyloides
Buffalo Grass, Eastern Gamagrass
Other regional names: Gama Grass
- Gama Grass
Also known as: Coix angulata Mill. +18 more
- Coix angulata Mill.
- Coix dactyloides L.
- Dactylodes angulatum Kuntze
- Dactylodes dactylodes (L.) Kuntze
- Dactylodes dactyloides (L.) Kuntze
- Dactyloides angulatum (Mill.) Kuntze
- Dactyloides dactyloides (L.) Kuntze
- Ischaemum glabrum Walter
- Tripsacum bravum J.R.Gray
- Tripsacum dactyloides f. prolificum R.S.Dayton & Dewald
- Tripsacum dactyloides subsp. hispidum Hitchc.
- Tripsacum dactyloides subsp. meridionale
- Tripsacum dactyloides subsp. mexicanum
- Tripsacum dactyloides subsp. monostachyon
- Tripsacum dactyloides subsp. occidentale
- Tripsacum dactyloides subsp. prolificum
- Tripsacum dactyloides var. angustifolium Scribn.
- Tripsacum dactyloides var. floridanum (Porter ex Vasey) Beal
- Tripsacum dactyloides var. genuinum Hack.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Poaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.
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Tripsacum dactyloides (commonly known as Buffalo-Grass or Eastern Gamagrass) is a grass within the Poaceae family. It originates in North America and South America. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Grass
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern South America, South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern U.S.A., Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alabama, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Panama, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Surinam, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Virginia, West Virginia
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Congo, India, Malaya, Paraguay, Philippines, Queensland, Taiwan, Victoria