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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Spartina cynosuroides   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spartina cynosuroides   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sporobolus cynosuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Spartina cynosuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Spartina cynosuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-58-004:

Spartina cynosuroides   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Spartina cynosuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Spartina cynosuroides

 

COMMON NAME:
Giant Cordgrass, Big Cordgrass


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image of Spartina cynosuroides, Giant Cordgrass, Big Cordgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_spcy_001_lvd

        

image of Spartina cynosuroides, Giant Cordgrass, Big Cordgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_spcy_002_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Spartina cynosuroides   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spartina cynosuroides   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sporobolus cynosuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Spartina cynosuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Spartina cynosuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-58-004:
Spartina cynosuroides   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Spartina cynosuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Spartina cynosuroides

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4807

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Brackish (mesohaline and oligohaline) and freshwater tidal marshes, especially along margins of tidal creeks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes elongate; plants forming large clonal patches

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence an array of spikes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain

 

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