Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl.


POACEAE Family selection - Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept. 8. 1813
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Saltmeadow cordgrass
en English name: marsh grass
English name: marshhay cordgrass
Spanish name: esparto

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl. var. juncea (Michx.) Hitchc.
= Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl. var. monogyna (M.A. Curtis) Fernald


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl. var. caespitosa (A.A. Eaton) Hitchc.
2) Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl. var. juncea (Michx.) Hitchc.
3) Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl. var. monogyna (M.A. Curtis) Fernald



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Spartina
Species:


Page counter: 312 ( AVG: 223.58 / 292.95 )



Gallery:

Spartina patens
Spartina patens
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 223.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, WA), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (BC, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Distributional map for Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl.
Map for Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl. var. caespitosa (A.A. Eaton) Hitchc. [195]
2) Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl. var. juncea (Michx.) Hitchc. [137]
3) Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl. var. monogyna (M.A. Curtis) Fernald [180]
4) Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link var. suttiei (Farw.) Fernald [169]
5) Spartium junceum L. [1382]
6) Spathiger strobilifera (Rchb. f.) Small [88]
7) Spathulata spuria (M. Bieb.) A. Löve & D. Löve [172]
8) Specularia holzingeri (McVaugh) Fernald [160]
9) Spergella caespitosa (J. Vahl) A. Löve & D. Löve [171]
10) Spergula morisonii Boreau [363]

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