Poaceae
Sheathed alkaligrass
Puccinellia vaginata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Puccinellia
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Puccinellia vaginataPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sheathed alkaligrass
Synonyms
- Glyceria vaginata Lange
- Phippsia rosenkrantzii (T.J.Sørensen) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia vaginata (Lange) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Puccinellia angustata var. vaginata (Lange) Porsild
- Puccinellia capillaris var. vaginata (Lange) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia rosenkrantzii T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia sachalinensis Ohwi
- Puccinellia vaginata var. elegans T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia vaginata var. paradoxa T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia vaginata var. vaginata
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: 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.