Minnesota Seasons - prairie cordgrass


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Spartina pectinata

Taxonomy	Family:	Poaceae (grass)
	No Rank:	PACMAD clade
	Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
	Tribe:	Zoysieae
	Subtribe:	Sporobolinae

Nativity	Native
Status
Habitat	Wet to moderate moisture. Prairies, meadows, streambanks. Full sun.
Flowering	August to September
Height	6′ to 9′

Identification

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Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.

Sightings	Chippewa Prairie Clinton Prairie SNA Louisville Swamp			Mound Spring Prairie SNA Ottertail Prairie SNA Pankratz Memorial Prairie North Unit Regal Meadow Roscoe Prairie SNA Rushford Sand Barrens SNA Schaefer Prairie Strandness Prairie Wahpeton Prairie WMA Western Prairie SNA Wild Indigo Prairie SNA Zimmerman Prairie

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Synonyms	Spartina cynosuroides var. aureo-marginata Spartina cynosuroides f. major Spartina cynosuroides var. michauxiana Spartina michauxiana Spartina michauxiana var. suttiei Spartina michauxiana var. tenuior Spartina pectinata f. pectinata Spartina pectinata var. suttiei Spartina pectinata f. variegata

Common Names	freshwater cord grass prairie cord grass prairie cordgrass slough grass