OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Spartina patens   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spartina patens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sporobolus pumilus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Spartina patens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Spartina patens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-58-001:

Spartina patens   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Spartina patens var. monogyna

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Spartina patens var. patens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Spartina patens

 

COMMON NAME:
Small Saltmeadow Cordgrass, Salt Hay, Marsh-hay Cordgrass


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image of Spartina patens, Small Saltmeadow Cordgrass, Salt Hay, Marsh-hay Cordgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sppa_001_lvd

        

image of Spartina patens, Small Saltmeadow Cordgrass, Salt Hay, Marsh-hay Cordgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_sppa_002_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Spartina patens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spartina patens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sporobolus pumilus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Spartina patens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Spartina patens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-58-001:
Spartina patens   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Spartina patens var. monogyna

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Spartina patens var. patens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Spartina patens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4808

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: dunes, sand flats, upper edges of tidal marshes, maritime wet grasslands, overwash flats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes elongate; plants forming large clonal patches

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescence an array of spikes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain

 

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