Spartina michauxiana Hitchc.
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link var. suttiei (Farw.) Fernald
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link
Prairie cordgrass
Prairie cordgrass is a North American native.
Plants: Forms dense clumps 4–7′ (1.2–2.1 m) tall.
Leaves: Sharp-edged leaves are up to 4′ ⨉ ⅝″ (1.2 m ⨉ 1.6 cm).
Flowers: Flower stems appear above foliage, with combs of 5-50 spikelets of yellow-brown flowers. Each spikelet is green to purple, and ⅜–⅞″ (1–2.5 cm) long. They appear from July to August.
Fruits: Spikelets become light brown, shedding when mature. Seeds, when formed, are oblong and brown.
Habitats: River and lake shores, roadsides, fresh water marshes, upper edge of saline and brackish marshes, low areas in fields.
Online References:
Sporobolus michauxianus (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela
Spartina michauxiana Hitchc.
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link var. suttiei (Farw.) Fernald
Spartina michauxiana Hitchc.
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link var. suttiei (Farw.) Fernald
9/9/2023 · Salt marsh, Flying Point, Georgetown, Maine · ≈ 6 × 9″ (16 × 23 cm) 
8/24/2023 · Morse Mountain, Phippsburg, Maine · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm) 
9/18/2016 · Deer Isle Beach Vegetation Reclamation Project, Deer Isle, Maine 
9/18/2016 · Deer Isle Beach Vegetation Reclamation Project, Deer Isle, Maine 
8/1/2021 · Houghton Graves Park, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 3½ × 5″ (9 × 13 cm) 
9/9/2023 · Salt marsh, Flying Point, Georgetown, Maine · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 16 cm) 
8/1/2021 · Houghton Graves Park, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 3½ × 5″ (9 × 13 cm) 
8/24/2023 · Morse Mountain, Phippsburg, Maine · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (52 × 34 cm) 
9/18/2016 · Deer Isle Beach Vegetation Reclamation Project, Deer Isle, Maine 
8/24/2023 · Morse Mountain, Phippsburg, Maine · ≈ 1 × 1½′ (34 × 52 cm) 
9/9/2023 · Salt marsh, Flying Point, Georgetown, Maine · ≈ 6 × 10″ (16 × 24 cm) 
9/9/2023 · Salt marsh, Flying Point, Georgetown, Maine · ≈ 8 × 11″ (20 × 27 cm) 
8/24/2023 · Morse Mountain, Phippsburg, Maine · ≈ 7 × 6″ (18 × 16 cm) 
8/1/2021 · Houghton Graves Park, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 3½ × 5″ (9 × 13 cm) 
| 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 | pectinata | Comb-like |
Spartina pectinata description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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