[1] In North America it can be found in the southeastern United States[2] and much of Mexico.

[3] This plant produces bunches of erect or leaning stems up to a meter long.

[1][2] In the United States this grass grows in pine forests and on the coastal plain.

divergens) may codominate habitat in the understory of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris).

It grows in pine savanna, seeps, pitcher plant bogs, dry prairies, sandhills, and floodplains.