Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

  • Filed As

    Poaceae
    Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

  • Collector(s)

    L. B. Smith 1317, 19 Aug 1945

  • Location

    United States of America. Massachusetts. Essex Co. Gloucester. Upper edge of saltmarsh between Briar Neck and Bass Rocks.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1786882

    Occurrence ID: 558ff278-a075-4c76-a036-b9cde5a1b1cb

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Massachusetts

  • County/Municipio

    Essex Co.

  • City/Township

    Gloucester

  • Locality

    Upper edge of saltmarsh between Briar Neck and Bass Rocks

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PLANTAE EXSICCATAE GRAYANAE

1317. Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

FI. Gall. 719 ( 1807) ; Fernald in Rhodora, xviii. 178
(1916); Svenson, op. cit. xxix. 48 (1927); Victorin, FI.
Laurent. 785, fig. 297 (l935); Hitchc. Man. Grass. U.S.
491, fig. 1043 (l935); Hitchc., Swallen & Chase in N.
Am. FI. xvii. 582 (1989) sens. lat.

Syn. Trachynotia alterniflora (Loisel.) DC. FI. Fr. vi.
279 (l815). Spartina stricta var. alterniflora (Loisel.) Gray,
Man. ed. 2, 552 (1856); Macoun, Cat. Canad. PI. pt. iv.
183 (1888); Nash in Britton & Brown, 111. FI. i. 177
(1896). S. glabra var. alterniflora (Loisel.) Merrill in U.S.
Dept. Agric. Bur. PI. Ind. Bull. no. 9, 9 (1902); Hitchc.
in Gray, Man. ed. 7, 143 (1908). S. maritima subsp. glabra
var. alterniflora (Loisel.) St.-Yves in Candollea, v. 25, 53
(1932).

‘‘Odor strong and rancid,” Gray. Selected small specimens.

Upper edge of saltmarsh between Briar Neck and Bass
Rocks, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Coll. L. B. Smith

August 19, 1945

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