Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Poaceae/Poacées - Grass Family
Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela
En: smooth cordgrass, saltwater cordgrass
Fr: spartine alterniflore, spartine à fleurs alternes
Provincial Status: N
Range: Coastal eNA; N to coastal sw/w/nw/neNfld.

[=Spartina alterniflora Loisel. (basionym)]
[=Limnetis glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) Eaton & Wright]
[=Spartina alterniflora Loisel. var. alterniflora]
[=Spartina alterniflora Loisel. var. glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) Fernald]
[=Spartina alterniflora Loisel. var. pilosa (Merr.) Fernald]
[=Spartina glabra Muhl. ex Elliott]
[=Spartina glabra Muhl. ex Elliott var. alterniflora (Loisel.) Merr.]
[=Spartina glabra Muhl. ex Elliott var. pilosa Merr.]
[=Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald var. alterniflora (Loisel.) St.-Yves]
[=Spartina stricta Roth var. alterniflora (Loisel.) A.Gray]
[=Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela]
[=Trachynotia alternifolia (Loisel.) DC.]

[In Nfld., Sporobolus alterniflorus was reported from saltmarshes in se/nw/neNfld. (Bouchard et al. 1991, reported as Spartina alterniflora). There are no verified records of S. alterniflorus from Labrador. The single Labrador record (NFM) of S. alterniflora, reported by I. Goudie (as Spartina alterniflora) in 1980 from Sebaskashu Bay, Lake Melville, was recently corrected by N. Djan-Chékar to Carex paleacea.]

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