Poaceae
Saltmarsh alkaligrass
Puccinellia fasciculata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Puccinellia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Dutch
- Blauw kweldergras
- English
- Saltmarsh alkaligrass
- German
- Büscheliger Salzschwaden
- Welsh
- Gwellt-y-morfa Borrer
Synonyms
- Atropis borreri (Bab.) K.Richt.
- Atropis borreri Stapf
- Atropis borreri var. pseduoprocumbens Corb.
- Atropis borreri var. pseudoprocumbens Corb.
- Atropis conferta (Fr.) Rouy
- Atropis distans var. conferta (Fr.) Beal
- Atropis distans var. permixta (Guss.) Coss. & Durieu
- Atropis flahaultii Sennen & Mauricio
- Atropis permixta (Guss.) K.Richt.
- Atropis pseudodistans (Crép.) Rouy
- Festuca borreri Bab.
- Festuca delawarica (Link) Kunth
- Festuca thalassica var. delawarica (Link) Bernh.
- Glyceria ambigua Pauquy
- Glyceria borreri Bab.
- Glyceria borreri var. erecta Corb.
- Glyceria borreri var. multiflora Bég.
- Glyceria borreri var. pseudoprocumbens Corb.
- Glyceria conferta Fr.
- Glyceria conferta subsp. pseudodistans (Crép.) P.Fourn.
- Glyceria delawarica (Link) Heynh.
- Glyceria distans subsp. conferta (Fr.) Hook.f.
- Glyceria distans subsp. pseudodistans (Crép.) Bég.
- Glyceria distans var. borreri (Bab.) Fiori
- Glyceria distans var. permixta (Guss.) Fiori
- Glyceria maritima Roep. ex Nyman
- Glyceria neesii Steud.
- Glyceria permixta Guss.
- Glyceria pseudodistans Crép.
- Glyceria pungens Pau
- Molinia conferta (Fr.) Hartm.
- Phippsia fasciculata (Torr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Poa ambigua (Pauquy) Mathieu
- Poa borreri Hook. & Arn.
- Poa dalavarica Biroli ex Colla
- Poa delawarica Link
- Poa delawarica Balb. ex A.Spreng.
- Poa fasciculata Torr.
- Puccinellia borreri Hitchc. ex B.L.Rob.
- Puccinellia conferta (Fr.) Ponert
and 20 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.