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Spartina × townsendii

rice grass

Other common names
Townsend's cord grass
Synonyms
Botanical details
Family
Poaceae
Native to the UK
No
Potentially harmful
Genus

Spartina

Genus description

Spartina are spreading deciduous rhizomatous perennial grasses with flat or inrolled leaves and contracted panicles consisting of several spike-like branches

Name status

Correct

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