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- Spartina_patens abstract "Spartina patens, the saltmeadow cordgrass, also known as salt marsh hay, is a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south along the eastern United States to the Caribbean and northeast Mexico. It can be found in marshlands in other areas of the world as an introduced species and often a harmful noxious weed or invasive species.It is a hay-like grass found in the upper areas of brackish coastal salt marshes. It is a slender and wiry plant that grows in thick mats 30-60 cm high, green in spring and summer, and turns light brown in late fall and winter. The stems are wispy and hollow, and the leaves roll inward and appear round. Because its stems are weak, the wind and water action can bend the grass, creating the appearance of a field of tufts and cowlicks. Like its relative smooth cordgrass S. alterniflora, saltmeadow cordgrass produces flowers and seeds on only one side of the stalk. Flowers are a deep purple from June to October and turn brown in the winter months.Saltmeadow cordgrass is found in high marsh zones where it is covered at times by high tides. Specialized cells are able to exclude salt from entering the roots, preventing the loss of fresh water. This grass is, however, less tolerant of saltwater than some other marsh grasses. A healthy salt marsh depends on the presence of plants such as salt hay grass and smooth cordgrass. These grasses provide rich habitat for crustaceans, mollusks, and birds, and serve as a major source of organic nutrients for the entire estuary. Mats of salt hay grass are inhabited by many small animals and are an important food source for ducks and seaside sparrows.Saltmeadow cordgrass marshes serve as pollution filters and as buffers against flooding and shoreline erosion. During the colonial era, towns scattered from Narragansett Bay to the Gulf of Maine were often settled based on their proximity to salt marshes due to the importance of saltmeadow cordgrass for fodder. It was harvested for bedding and fodder for farm animals and for garden mulch. Before hay was baled and stored under cover, it was used to top the hay stacks in the fields.Many of the salt marshes in Rhode Island have been severely affected by filling, development, and road construction. These alterations restrict tidal flow, often having a severe ecological impact on the marsh. Because saltmeadow cordgrass requires a salty, wet habitat, restricted tidal flow often dries out the marsh and encourages the growth of invasive freshwater plants. Saltmeadow and smooth cordgrasses are often out-competed for space by common reed in areas where human activity has disturbed or altered the marsh. Common reed is not as productive or beneficial to a salt marsh as cordgrass.While this Spartina is a key member of the salt marsh flora in its native habitat, it is known as a harmful invasive species in other parts of the world. It is a notorious pest in the San Francisco Bay Area, where it out-competes native plants such as the soft bird's beak Cordylanthus mollis ssp. mollis and alters the habitat of rare animals such as the clapper rail. This cordgrass was introduced to the estuaries of Oregon with shipments of oysters and has been seen dominating and crowding out native vegetation there. It has appeared in marshes on the Iberian Peninsula, where it threatens native plant biodiversity.".
- Spartina_patens binomialAuthority William_Aiton.
- Spartina_patens class Monocotyledon.
- Spartina_patens division Flowering_plant.
- Spartina_patens family Poaceae.
- Spartina_patens genus Spartina.
- Spartina_patens kingdom Plant.
- Spartina_patens order Commelinids.
- Spartina_patens order Poales.
- Spartina_patens thumbnail Spartina_patens_BB-1913.png?width=300.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageExternalLink salt.htm.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageID "30865386".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageLength "5956".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageOutDegree "66".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageRevisionID "692324795".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Americas.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Ammodramus.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Atlantic_Ocean.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Biodiversity.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Bird.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Caribbean.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_North_America.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_South_America.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Category:Grasses_of_Canada.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Category:Grasses_of_the_United_States.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Category:Halophytes.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Category:Invasive_plant_species.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Category:Plants_described_in_1789.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Category:Salt_marsh_plants.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Category:Spartina.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Clapper_rail.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Coast.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Colonial_history_of_the_United_States.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Commelinids.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Cordylanthus_mollis.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Cowlick.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Crustacean.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Duck.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Ecology.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Estuary.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Flower.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Flowering_plant.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Fodder.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Gotthilf_Heinrich_Ernst_Muhlenberg.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Gulf_of_Maine.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Hay.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink High_marsh.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Iberian_Peninsula.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Introduced_species.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Invasive_species.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Leaf.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Mexico.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Mollusca.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Monocotyledon.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Mulch.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Narragansett_Bay.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Noxious_weed.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Nutrient.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Oregon.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Organic_matter.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Oyster.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Phragmites.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Plant.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Poaceae.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Poales.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Rhode_Island.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Salt_marsh.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink San_Francisco_Bay_Area.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Seed.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Spartina.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Spartina_alterniflora.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink Tide.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink William_Aiton.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink File:Martin_Johnson_Heade_-_Newburyport_Meadows_ATC.jpg.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLink File:Spartina_patens-saltmeadow_cordgrass.jpg.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLinkText "S. patens".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLinkText "Salt marsh hay".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLinkText "Spartina patens".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLinkText "marsh hay".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLinkText "marsh-hay cordgrass".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLinkText "salt hay".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLinkText "salt marsh hay".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLinkText "saltmeadow cordgrass".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLinkText "saltmeadow hay".
- Spartina_patens wikiPageWikiLinkText "spartina patens".
- Spartina_patens binomial "Spartina patens".
- Spartina_patens binomialAuthority "Muhl".
- Spartina_patens familia Poaceae.
- Spartina_patens genus "Spartina".
- Spartina_patens imageCaption "1913".
- Spartina_patens name "Saltmeadow cordgrass".
- Spartina_patens ordo Poales.
- Spartina_patens regnum Plant.
- Spartina_patens species "S. patens".
- Spartina_patens unrankedClassis Monocotyledon.
- Spartina_patens unrankedDivisio Flowering_plant.
- Spartina_patens unrankedOrdo Commelinids.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Italic_title.
- Spartina_patens wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.