Characteristics
Monocots
Spartina patens (Aiton)Muhl.
MARSHHAY CORDGRASS; SALTMEADOW CORDGRASS
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As part of the genus Sporobolus, this taxon takes the name Sporobolus pumilus.
Native FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
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Classification
POALES
Spartina patens (Aiton)Muhl. - MARSHHAY CORDGRASS; SALTMEADOW CORDGRASS
Citation
SPARTINA PATENS (Aiton) Muhlenberg, Descr. Gram. 55. 1817.
Dactylis patens Aiton 1789.
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Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Bay
FLAS
 
Brevard
USF
 
Citrus
FLAS
 
Collier
USF
 
Dixie
USF
 
Duval
USF
 
Escambia
USF
 
Flagler
USF
 
Franklin
USF
 
Gulf
FLAS
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Dactylis patens
Dactylis patens Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 104. 1789.
 
 
Limnetis juncea
Limnetis juncea (Michaux) Richard, in Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 72. 1805.
BASIONYM: Trachynotia juncea Michaux 1803.
 
Limnetis juncea var. monogyna
Limnetis juncea (Michaux) Richard ex Persoon, var. monogyna M. A. Curtis, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 1: 136. 1835.
 
TYPE: NORTH CAROLINA:
Spartina juncea
Spartina juncea (Michaux) Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 81. 1809.
BASIONYM: Trachynotia juncea Michaux 1803.
 
Spartina juncea subvar. americana
Spartina juncea (Michaux) Willdenow, subvar. americana Saint-Yves, Candollea 5: 84. 1932, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Spartina juncea (Michaux) Willdenow 1809; Trachynotia juncea Michaux 1803.
 
Spartina juncea var. patens
Spartina juncea (Michaux) Willdenow, var. patens (Aiton) Saint-Yves, Candollea 5: 86. 1932.
BASIONYM: Dactylis patens Aiton 1789.
 
Spartina patens var. juncea
Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhlenberg, var. juncea (Michaux) Hitchcock, Rhodora 8: 210. 1906.
BASIONYM: Trachynotia juncea Michaux 1803.
 
Spartina patens var. monogyna
Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhlenberg, var. monogyna (M. A. Curtis) Fernald, Rhodora 49: 114. 1947.
BASIONYM: Limnetis juncea (Michaux) Richard ex Persoon, var. monogyna M. A. Curtis 1835.
 
Spartina polystachya var. juncea
Spartina polystachya (Michaux) Palisot de Beauvois, var. juncea (Michaux) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 793. 1891.
BASIONYM: Trachynotia juncea Michaux 1803.
 
Spartina pumila
Spartina pumila Roth, Catal. Bot. 3: 10. 1806.
 
TYPE: NEW YORK:
Specimens and Distribution

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