Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical grassland

Range

Tropical Americas

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Runners

Defense

Thick Sod

Status

Uncommon

About

This creeping grass forms dense, carpetlike mats in tropical coastal regions. Its thick runners grow outward to physically choke out any competing plant life.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Stenotaphrum

Species

Stenotaphrum secundatum