Spartina alterniflora Loisel. var. glabra (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Fernald
Spartina alterniflora Loisel. var. pilosa (Merr.) Fernald
Spartina alterniflora Loisel.
Smooth cordgrass, saltmarsh cordgrass, salt-water cordgrass
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Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela
Spartina alterniflora Loisel. var. glabra (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Fernald
Spartina alterniflora Loisel. var. pilosa (Merr.) Fernald
Spartina alterniflora Loisel. var. glabra (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Fernald
Spartina alterniflora Loisel. var. pilosa (Merr.) Fernald
7/18/2020 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 20 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
7/21/2024 · Woodward Point, Brunswick, Maine 
8/11/2025 · Skolfield Shore Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (12 × 18 cm) 
7/18/2020 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 6″ (12 × 14 cm) ID is uncertain 
10/22/2011 · Wells, Maine 
8/11/2025 · Skolfield Shore Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 9″ (15 × 22 cm) 
7/21/2024 · Woodward Point, Brunswick, Maine 
7/18/2020 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 4 × 6″ (11 × 16 cm) ID is uncertain 
8/11/2025 · Skolfield Shore Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (16 × 12 cm) 
10/22/2011 · Wells, Maine · ≈ 1 × 2′ (41 × 62 cm) 
7/18/2020 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 4 × 6″ (11 × 16 cm) ID is uncertain 
10/22/2011 · Wells, Maine 
9/1/2025 · Mill Pond Preserve, Arrowsic, Maine 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Commelinidae | Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others |
| Order | Cyperales | Flowering plants including grasses |
| Family | Poaceae | Grasses (but not sedges or rushes) |
| Genus | Spartina | From the Greek spartine, a cord |
| Species | alterniflora | Alternate-flowered, with flowers on either side of a stem and not opposite to each other |
Spartina alterniflora description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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