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Puccinellia
Also called Alkali or Salt Grasses, Saltmarsh Grass, Goosegrass, Saltmarsh Grasses, Salt Grass, Alkali Grass
Puccinellia is a genus of grasses (family Poaceae) that grow in wet, salty or alkaline soils, mostly in temperate and Arctic regions. Commonly grown members are used for saline or alkaline ground, and the key is wet, salty or alkaline conditions.
Puccinellia is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass.
These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Weeping alkaligrass · Howell's alkaligrass · Seaside alkaligrass
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