Common Name
Southern wild rice
Giant cutgrass
Plant Form
Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
12.0
Region
Coastal
Mountain
Additional Info
Freshwater (rarely oligohaline) tidal marshes and tidal swamps; occasionally in beaver impoundments, canals, ditches, and other disturbed nontidal wetlands. Frequent to common in upper estuarine zones of the s. and c. coastal Plain; infrequent in the n. coastal Plain; rare in the piedmont.
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Late Summer
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Shade
Moisture Requirements
In Water
Wet
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