Spartina alterniflora Loisel.
Detail
- Family
- Poaceae
- Botanical Name
- Spartina alterniflora Loisel.
- Common Name
- Saltmarsh Cordgrass, Smooth Cordgrass
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Spartina alterniflora Loisel.
- Comments
- Habitat
- Mesohaline to polyhaline (occasionally oligohaline) tidal marshes, salt flats, overwash ponds, and salt scrub. Common in the maritime and lower estuarine zones of the Coastal Plain; forming extensive, nearly monospecific stands in the large maritime salt marshes fringing the barrier islands and margins of the Eastern Shore.
- Native Status
- Native
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