Informal group
Plants
Territories
Island
Grand Cayman
Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Naturalised. Found in freshwater seasonal wetlands and seasonally flooded areas where Conocarpus forest has been cleared to create cattle grazing (Kristan (2002) Cayman Invasive Species List);
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Ecological impact detail
Forms a fire-maintained marsh savannah in areas where native Conocarpus forest has been cleared. (Kristan (2002) Cayman Invasive Species List);
Pathway detail
Deliberately introduced as a pasture grass and spread via seed within territory. (Kristan (2002) Cayman Invasive Species List);
References
Kristan (2002) Cayman Invasive Species List