Taxon: Spartina alterniflora Loisel.
Genus: Spartina
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Chloridoideae tribe: Cynodonteae.
Nomen number: 103562
Place of publication: Fl. gall. 719. 1807
Name verified on: 31-Mar-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 20-Nov-2007
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6). Accessions:
2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
- A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious
weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links
to state information or web documents:
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ORª*, WAª*.
| ªAquatic.
| *Terrestrial.
| °In seed.
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- Link to noxious weed information from

- salt-water cordgrass (Source: F CalifJep
) – English
- smooth cordgrass (Source: Grass US
) – English
- More:
Native: (links to
other web resources are provided for some distributions)
- NORTHERN AMERICA
(Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec [e.] Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York [s.e.], Rhode Island Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama [s.], Delaware, Florida, Georgia [s.e.], Louisiana [s.], Maryland, Mississippi [s.], North Carolina [e.], South Carolina, Virginia [e.] South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
- SOUTHERN AMERICA
Caribbean: Guadeloupe; Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname Brazil: Brazil [e.] Southern South America: Argentina - Buenos Aires, Rio Negro; Uruguay
Naturalized: - naturalized in w. North America, w. Europe, & New Zealand
- Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp.
1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. (Grass VarUSA)
- Allan, H. H. B. et al.
1961–. Flora of New Zealand. (F NZeal)
- Chase, A. & C. D. Niles, comps.
1962. Index to grass species. (Smiths Grass)
- Clewell, A. F.
1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida panhandle. (F FlaPan)
- Englert, J. M. et al.
1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
- FNA Editorial Committee.
1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
- Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed.
1986–. Flora of the Guianas. (F Guianas)
- Hickman, J. C., ed.
1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
[introduced].
- Hitchcock, A. S.
1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. (Grass US)
- Howard, R.
1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
- Reitz, R., ed.
1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
- Renvoize, S. A.
1984. The grasses of Bahia. (Grass Bahia)
- Renvoize, S. A.
1988. Hatschbach's Parana grasses. (Grass Parana)
- Sell, P. & G. Murrell.
1996–. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. (F GB Ire)
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
- Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
- Zuloaga, F. O. et al.
1994. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. (L Grass Argent)
- More:
Check other databases for Spartina alterniflora Loisel.:
Check other databases for images:
- PlantSystematics.org
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Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be
inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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Cite as: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?103562 (06 September 2010)
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