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|genus=Spartina  

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|common_name=Cord grass, Marsh grass

|common_name=Cord grass, Marsh grass

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'''''Spartina''''', commonly known as '''cordgrass''' or '''cord-grass''', is a genus of 14 [[species]] of [[grass]]es in the family [[Poaceae]]. They are native to the coasts of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in western and southern [[Europe]], northwest and southern [[Africa]], the [[Americas]] and the southern Atlantic Ocean islands; one or two species also occur on the [[North America]]n [[Pacific Ocean]] coast and in [[freshwater]] habitats inland in the Americas. The highest species diversity is on the east coasts of North America and [[South America]], particularly [[Florida]].

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They form large, often dense [[clonal colony|colonies]], particularly on [[coast]]al [[salt marsh]]es, and grow quickly. The species vary in size from 0.3-2 m tall. Many of the species will produce [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrids]] if they come into contact.

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Three of the ''Spartina'' species have become [[Invasive species|invasive plants]] in some countries.

 

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Spartina (Greek, spartine, a cord, referring to the tough leaves). Gramineae. Perennial marsh-plants of various parts of the world, most or all of which are found in the U. S.: culms rigid and reed-like: lvs. coarse and rough, usually becoming rolled inward: spikelets 1-fld., strongly flattened, sessile, closely imbricated in 2 rows on one side of a narrow rachis; spikes 2 to several in a raceme.—Species about 10, most of them found in saline marshes of the seacoast.

Spartina (Greek, spartine, a cord, referring to the tough leaves). Gramineae. Perennial marsh-plants of various parts of the world, most or all of which are found in the U. S.: culms rigid and reed-like: lvs. coarse and rough, usually becoming rolled inward: spikelets 1-fld., strongly flattened, sessile, closely imbricated in 2 rows on one side of a narrow rachis; spikes 2 to several in a raceme.—Species about 10, most of them found in saline marshes of the seacoast.

S. cynosuroides, Roth (S. polystachya, Willd.), on the Atlantic and S. foliosa, Trin., on the Pacific coast act as mud-binders and are important factors in the natural reclamation of salt-marshes. In England, S. stricta, Roth, and S. Townsendii, Groves, perform the same service. G.C. III. 43:33. S. alterniflora, Loisel., is common to the British Isles and the St. Lawrence and New England coasts.— A yellow-margined form (S. cynosuroides var. aureo-marginata) is shown in G. 31:171.

S. cynosuroides, Roth (S. polystachya, Willd.), on the Atlantic and S. foliosa, Trin., on the Pacific coast act as mud-binders and are important factors in the natural reclamation of salt-marshes. In England, S. stricta, Roth, and S. Townsendii, Groves, perform the same service. S. alterniflora, Loisel., is common to the British Isles and the St. Lawrence and New England coasts.— A yellow-margined form (S. cynosuroides var. aureo-marginata) is shown in G. 31:171.

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==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==

 

===Propagation===

===Propagation===

 

===Pests and diseases===

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==Species==

==Species==

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*''[[Spartina alterniflora]]'' <small>[[Jean Louis August Loiseleur-Deslongchamps|Loisel.]]</small> &ndash; Smooth Cordgrass (eastern North America)

*''[[Spartina pectinata]]'' <small>Bosc ex Link</small> &ndash; Prairie Cordgrass (central North America; freshwater)

*''[[Spartina × townsendii]]'' <small></small> (''S. alterniflora'' × ''S. maritima'')

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==References==

==References==

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

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