Biology:Spartina gracilis
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Monocots
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| Genus: | Spartina
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| Species: | S. gracilis
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| Spartina gracilis Trin.
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Spartina gracilis is a species of grass known by the common name alkali cordgrass.[1]
Distribution
It is native to western North America from northwestern Canada through the western United States and eastern California , and into central Mexico. It grows in moist alkaline habitat, such as evaporating streams and shorelines, alkali flats, and inland marshes.
Description
It is a perennial grass growing from short rhizomes. It produces usually single, slender stems reaching a meter in maximum height. The leaves are flat and ridged, and may roll in when new. The inflorescence is a narrow, dense, spike-like stick of branches appressed together, the unit reaching up to 25 centimeters long. The branches are lined with spikelets.
References
- ↑ "Spartina gracilis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SPGR. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7573951 entry
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