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Plant, Cord Grass

Spartina anglica

Plants

Tracheophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poaceae

Sandy/Muddy Shore Intertidal
Sandy/Muddy Shore Intertidal

Feeding:
Producer
Producer
Distribution:
World Wide
World Wide
Edibility:
Inedible
Inedible
Size:
Outstretched Arm Sized
Outstretched Arm Sized



This stiff perennial grass grows up to 1 m in height.


Widespread in southern New Zealand, this exotic species was introduced to NZ. It has proved to be a serious invader of salt marsh exosystems where it has caused extensive damage.





NZ Conservation Network http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=2811 Photo Credit: Jean McKinnon