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Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link
prairie cordgrass

       
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Photo of Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link
Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Davenport, Nahant Marsh. 2002. Usage Requirements.
 
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Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link

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Synonyms:
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link

  SPMI6 Spartina michauxiana Hitchc.
  SPPES Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link var. suttiei (Farw.) Fernald
 

Distribution:
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link

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USA (AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Spartina
 

Classification:
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Poaceae – Grass family
Genus Spartina Schreb. – cordgrass
Species Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link – prairie cordgrass
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Washington:
prairie cordgrass              Sensitive
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW,OBL OBL OBL FACW+ FACW FACW FACW+ FACW OBL OBL NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41272.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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