40" Rows:
Broadcast:
Sandy:
Loam:
Clay:
High
High
High
Special Notes:
| Origin: | Native to North America | |
| Use: | Perennial, warm season, native grass that provides poor grazing for wildlife; good grazing for livestock. | |
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| Plant Description: | ||
| General | Characteristics for Saltmeadow Cordgrass | |
| Life Span | Perennial | |
| Growth Form | Tall, erect, rhizomatous plant | |
| Management: | ||
| Seeding Rate 40" Rows: Broadcast: |
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| pH requirement | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| Rainfall requirement | 36 to 65 inches | |
| Soil texture Sandy: Loam: Clay: |
High High High |
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| Cold Tolerance: | High | |
| General | Provides poor grazing for wildlife; good grazing for livestock. | |
| ID Features: | This bunchgrass grows 12 to 50 inches tall with slender stems produced from rhizomes. The rolled leaf blades are typically 1/2 to 1 foot long, and 0.1 to 0.2 inches wide. Leaves are drooping and wiry in appearance. From late June to October an inflorescence emerges at the end of the stem, which is composed of 2 to 10 two-inch-long spikelets. The numerous florets are 0.3 to 0.4 inches long and arranged in an overlapping scale-like fashion on each spikelet. | |
Special Notes: |
Marshhay cordgrass (Spartina patens) Information #1 | |