American cupscale-grass
There are about 30 species of cupscale grass worldwide; Sacciolepis striata is native to Florida and might be found growing in swamps, wet hammocks, and wet, disturbed sites nearly throughout the state.
View the herbarium specimen image from the University of Florida Herbarium Digital Imaging Projects.
American cupscale-grass is a grass. stems erect or leaning, to 3 ft. tall, rooting at nodes, stem sheath margins hairy; leaf blades flat, long, smooth to hairy, to 8 in. long, to 3/4 in. wide, conspicuous nerves; inflorescence spike-like, dense, to 12 in. long; spikelets have stalks, no hairs, distinct bulge at base
A second species, Sacciolepis indica, India cupscale-grass, is NON-NATIVE. It is much smaller than S. striata, but is otherwise similar.