Sporobolus maritimus

Sporobolus maritimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Sporobolus
Species:
S. maritimus
Binomial name
Sporobolus maritimus
(Curtis) P.M.Peterson & Saarela
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Cynodon pungens Raspail
    • Dactylis maritima Curtis
    • Dactylis stricta Aiton
    • Limnetis pungens Rich.
    • Paspalum strictum (Aiton) Brot.
    • Poa ternitana Spreng. ex Link
    • Rottboellia stricta (Aiton) Steud.
    • Spartina capensis Nees
    • Spartina intermedia Bosc ex St.-Yves
    • Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald
    • Spartina pungens P.Beauv.
    • Spartina schreberi J.F.Gmel.
    • Spartina stricta (Aiton) Roth
    • Trachynotia stricta (Aiton) DC.

Sporobolus maritimus, or synonymously as Spartina maritima, the small cordgrass,[2] is a species of cordgrass native to the coasts of western and southern Europe and western Africa, from the Netherlands west across southern England to southern Ireland, and south along the Atlantic coast to Morocco and also on the Mediterranean Sea coasts. There is also a disjunct population on the Atlantic coasts of Namibia and South Africa.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Spartina maritima​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 November 2015.