Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Poaceae
Spartina alterniflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Poaceae
Spartina alterniflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Poaceae
029-58-003
Spartina alterniflora

Common Name:
Smooth Cordgrass, Saltmarsh Cordgrass

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in salt marshes, per Weakley's Flora



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Leaves:
Simple
Alternate cauline

Flower:
Summer/Fall

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Grain

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p357
 Gardening with Native Plants of the South p170
 Manual of the Grasses of the US p511
 Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p092
 Wildflowers of the Eastern US p148




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