genus
Salt Grass
Puccinellia
Field notes
Puccinellia is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass.
These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
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- European Alkali Grass introduced
- Nuttall's Alkali Grass native
- Common Saltmarsh-grass
- Spreading Alkali Grass
- Australian Saltmarsh Grass
- Creeping Alkali Grass
- Borrer's Saltmarsh-grass
- Alaska Alkali Grass native
- Dwarf Alkali Grass native
- California Alkali Grass native
- Howell's Alkali Grass native
- Lemmon's Alkali Grass native
- Stiff Saltmarsh-grass
- Northern Alkali Grass
- Parish's Alkali Grass native
- Tundra Alkali Grass
- Vahl's Alkali Grass
- Arctic Tussock Alkali Grass
- Anderson's Alkali Grass
- Prince Patrick Alkali Grass
- Shining Alkali Grass
- Arctic Alkali Grass
- Puccinellia kamtschatica
- Porsild's Alkali Grass
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Grasses and sedges
- Plant type
- Annual Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native salt grass All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Nuttall's Alkali Grass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
caterpillars
1
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California Alkali Grass
Puccinellia simplex
caterpillars
1
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Alaska Alkali Grass
Puccinellia nutkaensis
caterpillars
1
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Lemmon's Alkali Grass
Puccinellia lemmonii
caterpillars
1
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Howell's Alkali Grass
Puccinellia howellii
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Dwarf Alkali Grass
Puccinellia pumila
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Parish's Alkali Grass
Puccinellia parishii