Panicum tenerum Beyr. ex Trin.

Natural range:  Eastern U.S. to Mesoamerica

Habitat:   Wet sites, shores, shallow standing water, moist depressions

Florida status:   Native, common

Recognition:  Exceptionally narrow, nearly terete leaves. Inflorescence pencil-narrow, with branches tightly appressed.   Panicum hemitomon may have a similar inflorescence, but the leaves are flat.