Smooth Cordgrass - Spartina alterniflora

Smooth cordgrass is the dominant grass in salt marshes and along the coastal beaches of the Atlantic coasts. It's used for coastal erosion control.

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Ferdy Christant

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What a stunning landscape, I had no idea about the actual habitat you visited. If you wouldn't have geotagged it, I'd guess it would be some wetlands in Asia. Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Thanks! Maine is so diverse and beautiful. It has salt marshes, meadows, miles and miles of rocky coastline, mountains, coniferous forests, etc. It's my favorite place on the east coast. I love the salt marshes and mud flats because you can find so many unusual creatures and plants/algae there. So different from the forest. Posted 7 years ago

The Smooth cordgrass

Spartina alterniflora, the smooth cordgrass, saltmarsh cordgrass, or salt-water cordgrass, is a perennial deciduous grass which is found in intertidal wetlands, especially estuarine salt marshes. It grows 1–1.5 m tall and has smooth, hollow stems which bear leaves up to 20–60 cm long and 1.5 cm wide at their base, which are sharply tapered and bend down at their tips. Like its relative saltmeadow cordgrass ''S. patens'', it produces flowers and seeds on only one side of the stalk. The flowers.. more

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Similar species: Grasses, Bromeliads, Sedges

Species identified by Christine Young