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Spartina pectinata
Also called Prairie cordgrass, Freshwater Cordgrass, Ripgut, Slough Grass, Tall Cordgrass, Cordgrass, Ripgut Grass
Sporobolus michauxianus is a species of grass known as prairie cordgrass, freshwater cordgrass, tall marshgrass, and sloughgrass. It is native to much of North America, including central and eastern Canada and most of the contiguous United States except for the southwestern and southeastern regions. Its distribution extends into Mexico. It is also present on other continents as an introduced species.
This species can grow in a variety of habitat types, but it is a facultative wetland species, most often found in wet habitats. These include fens, wet prairies, rivers, floodplains, ponds, moraines, and marshes. The grass is tolerant of water, but it does not tolerate prolonged flooding. Its dense root network stabilizes soil, even in areas where it would be eroded by flowing water.
Livestock may graze on this plant when it is young, but once it matures it becomes very coarse and unpalatable.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sporobolus michauxianus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
