Saltmeadow Cordgrass

Spartina patens

Saltmeadow cordgrass is perennial, warm-season grass with:

• Droopy, wiry-looking leaves.
• Long, slender rhizomes.
• Blooms at the end of the stems from late June through October.

Saltmeadow cordgrass can grow to 1 to 3 feet tall.

Where does saltmeadow cordgrass grow?

Saltmeadow cordgrass grows in dense stands in open tidal marshes, from the normal high tide line to about 13 feet from the shoreline.

Other facts about saltmeadow cordgrass:

• Saltmeadow cordgrass is also called saltmeadow hay.
• Saltmeadow cordgrass provides food and cover to a number of animals. It also stabilizes shorelines and sand dunes, and traps nutrients and suspended solids from flood waters.