Setaria magna Griseb.
Detail
- Family
- Poaceae
- Botanical Name
- Setaria magna Griseb.
- Common Name
- Giant Bristlegrass, Giant Foxtail
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Setaria magna Griseb.
- Comments
- This native species of marshes and coastal swales can, on rare occasions, reach heights of 6m with panicles to 0.5 m long. In Virginia population, it is commonly 2.5-3m tall.
- Habitat
- Tidal oligohaline (rarely mesohaline) marshes, interdune swales, maritime swamps, and disturbed maritime and estuarine wetlands. Frequent in the maritime and lower estuarine zones of the Coastal Plain; most numerous in the outer Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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