North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Poaceae > Spartina (cordgrass)
	Saltmeadow Cordgrass (Spartina patens) York Co., VA 20 Aug 2013 Common along the North Carolina coast in brackish conditions such as dunes and the upper edges of salt marshes.
	Saltmeadow Cordgrass (Spartina patens) York Co., VA 20 Aug 2013
	Saltmeadow Cordgrass (Spartina patens) York Co., VA 20 Aug 2013
	Saltmeadow Cordgrass (Spartina patens) York Co., VA 20 Aug 2013 Forms roughly knee-high monocultures at times.

	Giant Cordgrass, Big Cordgrass (Spartina cynusoroides) York Co., VA 20 Aug 2013 Common along tidal creeks and coastal marshes in North Carolina. As the name implies, this grass is over head-high.
	Giant Cordgrass, Big Cordgrass (Spartina cynusoroides) York Co., VA 20 Aug 2013 Flowers
	Giant Cordgrass, Big Cordgrass (Spartina cynusoroides) York Co., VA 20 Aug 2013 Flowers
	Giant Cordgrass, Big Cordgrass (Spartina cynusoroides) York Co., VA 20 Aug 2013
	Giant Cordgrass, Big Cordgrass (Spartina cynusoroides) York Co., VA 20 Aug 2013
	Giant Cordgrass, Big Cordgrass (Spartina cynusoroides) York Co., VA 20 Aug 2013

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.