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Wiregrass
Aristida stricta
Wiregrass is a perennial bunch grass that grows in dense, spreading tufts, reaching heights of 1½' to 3'. The leaves are long, thin, wiry, or needle-like with tufts of fine, white fuzz around the leaf base. Margins are rolled inward. Wiregrass flowers are tiny and close to the flower stalk with 3 distinct hair-like awns protruding from each flower. The fruit is a tiny, yellowish grain (seed). Wiregrass grows prolifically in flatwoods and dry sandhills. It is a common under-story cover in longleaf pine forests and on newly burned sites.
