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Sporobolus spartinae

Spartina spartinae

Also called Gulf cordgrass

Sporobolus spartinae
Photo: Fernando de Gorocica, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Water
Likes moisture

About

Sporobolus spartinae is a species of grass known by the common names gulf cordgrass and sacahuista. It is native to the Americas, where it occurs from the Gulf Coast of the United States south to Argentina.

This species forms dense clumps of sharp-tipped leaves. The stems may grow up to 2 meters tall. The inflorescence is a cylindrical panicle up to 70 centimeters long. It has many branches each a few centimetres long which grow pressed to the stem. They contain spikelets each up to a centimeter in length.

Other Sporobolus plants

Cumberland sandreed · Giant sandreed · Sporobolus schoenoides · Modest prickle grass · Pricklegrass · Swamp Canegrass · Sporobolus cynosuroides · Sporobolus pumilus · Sporobolus michauxianus · Sporobolus × townsendii · Cordgrass · Sharp Leaved Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sporobolus spartinae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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