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Spartina bakeri

Spartina bakeri Merr.

Sand Cordgrass

Poaceae (Grass Family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: SPBA

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Fruit Type: Caryopsis
Size Notes: Up to about 6 feet tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Green
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr
Bloom Notes: Flowers inconspicuous.

Distribution

USA: FL , GA , SC , TX

National Wetland Indicator Status

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACW

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.1 (Lichvar, R.W. 2013. The National Wetland Plant List: 2013 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2013-49: 1-241). Click here for map of regions.

Web Reference

Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Research Literature

Reslit 661 - Response of selected nontarget native Florida wetland plant species to metsulfuron methyl (2008) J. T. Hutchinson and K. A. Langeland
Reslit 2816 - Molecular phylogeny of hybridizing species from the genus Spartina Schreb. (Poaceae) (2002) A. Baumel, M. L. Ainouche, R. J. Bayer, A. K. Aino...
Reslit 2817 - Biophysical and morphological leaf adaptations to drought and salinity in salt marsh grasses (2007) B. R. Maricle, D. R. Cobos, C. S. Campbell
Reslit 2818 - Diversity in leaf anatomy, and stomatal distribution and conductance, between salt marsh and freshwater species in the C-4 genus Spartina (Poaceae) (2009) B. R. Maricle, N. K. Koteyeva, E. V. Voznesenskaya...
Reslit 2819 - Soil dynamics following fire in Juncus and Spartina marshes (1992) P. A. Schmalzer, C. R. Hinkle.
Reslit 2820 - Effects of fire on nutrient concentrations and standing crops in biomass of Juncus roemerianus and Spartina bakeri marshes (1993) P. A. Schmalzer, C. R. Hinkle
Reslit 2821 - Changes in community composition and biomass in Juncus roemerianus scheele and Spartina bakeri Merr. marshes one year after a fire (1991) P. A. Schmalzer, C. R. Hinkle, J. L. Mailander.

This information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
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Additional resources

USDA: Find Spartina bakeri in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Spartina bakeri in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Spartina bakeri

Metadata

Record Modified: 2022-09-27
Research By: DEW

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