Nolina brittoniana is a rare species of flowering plant in the asparagus family known by the common name Britton's beargrass.

It is a rosette of leaves attached at a bulblike base that arises from an underground caudex, a modified stem.

[4] The habitat types are different in many ways but they all have dry, well-drained, low-nutrient sandy soils and are all maintained by wildfire.

chartacea, Persea humilis, Liatris ohlingerae, Hypericum cumulicola, Conradina brevifolia, Calamintha ashei, and Bonamia grandiflora.

Periodic wildfire halts the encroachment of large and woody vegetation, preventing ecological succession and keeping the canopy thin to allow sunlight to the herb layer below.

These fire-maintained habitat types in Florida are largely degraded now because of a long-standing policy of fire suppression.

[2] Many populations are located on privately owned land, and it is up to the landowner to decide whether or not to initiate controlled burns.