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Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl.

Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl.

Sporobolus pumilus
Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 223. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. · Public domain

Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl.. Sporobolus pumilus, the saltmeadow cordgrass, also known as salt hay, is a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south along the eastern United States to the Caribbean and north-eastern Mexico. It was reclassified after a taxonomic revision in 2014, but the older name, Spartina patens, may still be found in use. It can be found in marshlands in other areas of the world as an introduced species and often a harmful noxious weed or invasive species.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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