Spartina

Contains 5 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Spartina Schreb.
POACEAE
CORDGRASS
View USF Herbarium specimens of this family
Classification
POALES
Spartina
Citation
SPARTINA Schreber, Gen. Pl. 43. 1789.
-
TYPE: Spartina schreberi J. F. Gmelin
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Spartina alterniflora SALTMARSH CORDGRASS; SMOOTH CORDGRASS Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Spartina bakeri SAND CORDGRASS Native FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
Spartina cynosuroides BIG CORDGRASS Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Spartina patens MARSHHAY CORDGRASS; SALTMEADOW CORDGRASS Native FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
Spartina spartinae GULF CORDGRASS Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Identification Key
1.  Leaf blade margins smooth to slightly scabrous; spikelets glabrous or sparsely pilose; rhizomatous
S. alterniflora
1.  Leaf blade margins strongly scabrous; spikelets scabrous or hispid; rhizomatous or cespitose
2
2.  Inflorescence with 2-15 branches
3
2.  Inflorescence with (5)13-51(75) branches
4
3.  Cespitose; inflorescence branches strongly appressed
S. bakeri
3.  Rhizomatous; inflorescence branches mostly spreading to ascending
S. patens
4.  Rhizomatous; leaf blades 6-20 mm wide, flat or somewhat involute; inflorescence branches spreading-ascending, 6-13(15) cm long; spikelets 9-14 mm long
S. cynosuroides
4.  Cespitose; leaf blades 1.5-4.5 mm wide, involute; inflorescence branches strongly appressed, 0.5-6(7) cm long; spikelets 5-8(10) mm long
S. spartinae
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Chauvinia Chauvinia Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 362. 1854, non Bory 1829. TYPE: Chauvinia chilensis Steudel
Limnetis Limnetis Richard ex Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 72. 1805. TYPE: = Trachynotia Michaux 1803.
Ponceletia Ponceletia Thouars, Esquisse Fl. Tristan D'Acugna 36. 1811, non R. Brown 1810. TYPE: Ponceletia arundinacea Thouars = Psammophila Schultes 1822.
Psammophila Psammophila Schultes, Mant. 1: 69, 231. 1822. TYPE: Psammophila arundinacea (Thouars) Schultes (Ponceletia arundinacea Thouars) Substitute name for Ponceletia Thouars 1811, non R. Brown 1810.
Solenachne Solenachne Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 12. 1854. TYPE: Solenachne phalaroides Steudel
Trachynotia Trachynotia Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 63. 1803. TYPE: Trachynotia cynosuroides (Linnaeus) Michaux (Dactylis cynosuroides Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-1923) 772: 183. 1920.