Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Poales > Family Poaceae > Tribe Spartineae > Genus Spartina

Spartina townsendii H. & J. Groves

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

SpartinaSchreb.accepted genus name
Sporobolus sect. Spartina (Schreb.) P. M. Peterson & Saarela basionym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: Engels slijkgras sources: Lambinon, J.; De Langhe, J.-E.; Delvosalle, L.; Duvigneaud, J. (1998). Flora van België, het Groothertogdom Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en de aangrenzende gebieden (pteridofyten en spermatofyten). [Flora of Belgium, the Grand Duchy Luxemburg, north-France and the adjacent areas (pteridophyts and spermatophyts)]. 3rd Edition. Nationale Plantentuin van België: Meise, Belgium. ISBN 90-72619-23-4. CXXIII, 1091 pp.
 English: common cord grass; marsh grass; ricegrass; Townsend's grass sources: Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.
 French: spartine anglaise; spartine de Townsend sources: Lambinon, J.; De Langhe, J.-E.; Delvosalle, L.; Duvigneaud, J. (1998). Flora van België, het Groothertogdom Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en de aangrenzende gebieden (pteridofyten en spermatofyten). [Flora of Belgium, the Grand Duchy Luxemburg, north-France and the adjacent areas (pteridophyts and spermatophyts)]. 3rd Edition. Nationale Plantentuin van België: Meise, Belgium. ISBN 90-72619-23-4. CXXIII, 1091 pp.;Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.
 German: Englisches Schlickgras

Literature

original description

Groves, J. (1881). Notes on plants received. Report. Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles. 1: 28-42.

basis of record

Lambinon, J.; De Langhe, J.-E.; Delvosalle, L.; Duvigneaud, J. (1998). Flora van België, het Groothertogdom Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en de aangrenzende gebieden (pteridofyten en spermatofyten). [Flora of Belgium, the Grand Duchy Luxemburg, north-France and the adjacent areas (pteridophyts and spermatophyts)]. 3rd Edition. Nationale Plantentuin van België: Meise, Belgium. ISBN 90-72619-23-4. CXXIII, 1091 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Spartina townsendii H. & J. Groves. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234039

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, terrestrial

Importance

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2006-12-07 by Edward Vanden Berghe

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