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Spartina alterniflora Loisel.
smooth cordgrass

       
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Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

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Synonyms:
Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

  SPALG Spartina alterniflora Loisel. var. glabra (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Fernald
  SPALP Spartina alterniflora Loisel. var. pilosa (Merr.) Fernald
 

Distribution:
Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OR, RI, SC, TX, VA, WA), CAN (NB, NF, NS, PE, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Spartina
 

Classification:
Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

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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 alterniflora Loisel. – smooth cordgrass
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Oregon:
smooth cordgrass              "A" designated weed
smooth cordgrass              Quarantine
Washington:
smooth cordgrass              Class B noxious weed
smooth cordgrass              Wetland and aquatic weed quarantine
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

Atlantic cordgrass
smooth cordgrass

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC        California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

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
OBL OBL OBL NO NO NO OBL NO NO OBL NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

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

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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 41267.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account 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 Washington Burke Museum.

 

Related Web Sites:
Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plant Information Retrieval System: photo

CA-Bodega Marine Laboratory Invasive Plant Research

CA-San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project

CA-UC Davis Agriculture and Natural Resources

FL-Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants (University of Florida)

LA-Salt Marsh Dieback in Louisiana

MD-Classification of Maryland Vegetation Communities

Plant Conservation Alliance Alien Plant Working Group

Texas A&M: Grass Images

Urban Habitats

VA-The Assateague Naturalist

WA-King County Noxious Weeds

Western Aquatic Plant Management Society

 
 
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