Family: Poaceae
prairie cord grass, slough grass
[Spartina michauxiana Hitchc., more...]
Derek Anderson
Christopher Noll
University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS-VP)
Etymology: Spartina: from the Greek spartine, a cord
Plants: perennial, 6'-9' tall grass
Flowers: blooms Aug.-Sept.
Habitat: full sun; moderate moisture to wet; meadows, streambanks, prairies; in sandy, loamy soil
Plants: perennial, 6'-9' tall grass
Flowers: blooms Aug.-Sept.
Habitat: full sun; moderate moisture to wet; meadows, streambanks, prairies; in sandy, loamy soil
Sedge meadows, river floodplains, wet prairies, sandbars, shores, marshes, wet fields, river ledges, ditches, along roadsides and railroads; rarely in floodplain forests.
This is a robust grass with very distinctive inflorescences. It is found throughout the Central Sands and into the southeast. It also occurs up the Mississippi River, in the Northwest Sands, and around Green Bay. If included in Sporobolus, it would be called Sporobolus michauxianus (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela.
This is a robust grass with very distinctive inflorescences. It is found throughout the Central Sands and into the southeast. It also occurs up the Mississippi River, in the Northwest Sands, and around Green Bay. If included in Sporobolus, it would be called Sporobolus michauxianus (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela.
Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 5, Wetland Indicator = FACW+ Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food
Alberta Government: "The identification of certain native and naturalized grasses by their vegetative characters", S.E. Clarke, J.A. Campbell and W. Shevkenek. 1950.
(Publication no. 762 ; Technical bulletin no. 50). Drawings, descriptions. Atlas of the Wisconsin Prairie and Savanna Flora: by T.S. Cochrane & H.H. Iltis: habitat, distribution infomation / flowering and fruiting times USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos Grasses of Iowa: Detailed photographs, descriptions, maps USGS - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin
Alberta Government: "The identification of certain native and naturalized grasses by their vegetative characters", S.E. Clarke, J.A. Campbell and W. Shevkenek. 1950.
(Publication no. 762 ; Technical bulletin no. 50). Drawings, descriptions. Atlas of the Wisconsin Prairie and Savanna Flora: by T.S. Cochrane & H.H. Iltis: habitat, distribution infomation / flowering and fruiting times USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos Grasses of Iowa: Detailed photographs, descriptions, maps USGS - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin
Christopher Noll
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Christopher Noll
Christopher Noll
Christopher Noll
Robert W. Freckmann
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Christopher Noll
Derek Anderson
Christopher Noll
Merel R. Black
Kitty Kohout
Derek Anderson
Derek Anderson
Derek Anderson
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