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SPECIES: Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass 


ABBREVIATION : 
SPAPEC

SYNONYMS : 
   Spartina michauxiana A.S. Hitchc.


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   SPPE


COMMON NAMES : 
   prairie cordgrass
   tall marshgrass
   sloughgrass


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for prairie cordgrass is Spartina
pectinata Link. (Graminiae - Tribe Chlorideae).  There are no infrataxa
[13,14].



LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
Prairie cordgrass is listed as imperiled in the state of Washington [35].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Crystal Walkup, July 1991



LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Walkup, C. J. 1991. Spartina pectinata. In: Remainder of Citation

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