Tridens strictus

Tridens strictus, the longspike tridens, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae.^[2] It is a perennial reaching 1.7 metres (5+1⁄2 ft).^[2]

Tridens strictus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Genus:	Tridens
Species:	T. strictus
Binomial name
Tridens strictus (Nutt.) Nash
Synonyms[1]
Sieglingia stricta (Nutt.) Kuntze Tricuspis stricta (Nutt.) Alph.Wood Triodia stricta (Nutt.) Benth. ex Vasey Uralepis densiflora Buckley Windsoria stricta Nutt.

It is native to the central and southeastern United States, with a disjunct population in western Pennsylvania.^[1] It is a facultative wetland species.^[2]