1447

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common

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

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence an array of spikes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Gardening with Native Plants of the South p170
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p357
• Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control p442
• Manual of the Grasses of the United States p511
• Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p092
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p148

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Spartina alterniflora   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spartina alterniflora   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)
Sporobolus alterniflorus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-58-003:
Spartina alterniflora   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Spartina alterniflora +

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Spartina alterniflora +