Poaceae
Nootka alkaligrass
Puccinellia nutkaensis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Puccinellia
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Puccinellia nutkaensisPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Nootka alkaligrass, Shining alkaligrass
Synonyms
- Glyceria nutkaensis (J.Presl) Fr.
- Phippsia laurentiana (Fernald & Weath.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia lucida (Fernald & Weath.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia nutkaensis (J.Presl) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Poa nutkaensis J.Presl
- Puccinellia coarctata subsp. borealis Holmb.
- Puccinellia coarctata var. pseudofasciculata T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia grandis Swallen
- Puccinellia laurentiana Fernald & Weath.
- Puccinellia lucida Fernald & Weath.
- Puccinellia macra Fernald & Weath.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
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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.