''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the

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, known as alkali grass or salt grass.Flora of China 碱茅属 jian mao shu ''Puccinellia'' Parlatore, Fl. Ital. 1: 366. 1848.
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ne conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Selected species

'' Puccinellia agrostidea'' Sorensen Bent alkali grass or tundra alkali grass
'' Puccinellia ambigua'' Sorensen - Alberta alkali grass
'' Puccinellia americana'' Sorensen - American alkali grass
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Puccinellia andersonii ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and ...

'' Swallen - Anderson's alkali grass
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Puccinellia angustata ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and ...

'' (R.Br.) Rand & Redf. - Narrow alkali grass
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Puccinellia arctica ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and ...

'' (Hook.) Fern. & Weath. - Arctic alkali grass
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Puccinellia bruggemannii ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and ...

'' Sorensen - Prince Patrick alkali grass
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Puccinellia convoluta ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and ...

'' (Hornem.) Hayek -
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Puccinellia coreensis ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and ...

'' Honda - Korean alkaligrass
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Puccinellia deschampsioides ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and ...

'' Sorensen - Polar alkali grass
'' Puccinellia distans'' (Jacq.) Parl. - Spreading alkali grass, weeping alkali grass or reflexed saltmarsh-grass
'' Puccinellia fasciculata'' (Torr.) E.P.Bicknell - Torrey alkali grass or Borrer's saltmarsh-grass
''Puccinellia fernaldii'' (A.Hitchc.) E.G.Voss = '' Torreyochloa pallida'' var. ''fernaldii''
'' Puccinellia festuciformis'' (Host) Parl. -
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Puccinellia groenlandica ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and ...

'' Sorensen - Greenland alkali grass
'' Puccinellia howellii'' J.I.Davis - Howell's alkali grass
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Puccinellia hultenii ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and ...

'' Swallen - Hulten's alkali grass
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Puccinellia interior ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in Saline water, saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions ...

'' Sorensen - Interior alkali grass
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Puccinellia kamtschatica ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and ...

'' Holmb. - Alaska alkali grass
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Puccinellia kurilensis ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and ...

'' (Takeda) Honda - Dwarf alkali grass
'' Puccinellia langeana'' (Berlin) T.J.Sorensen ex Hultén -
'' Puccinellia laurentiana'' Fern. & Weath. - Tracadigash Mountain alkali grass
'' Puccinellia lemmonii'' (Vasey) Scribn. - Lemmon's alkali grass
'' Puccinellia limosa'' (Schur) Holmb. -
'' Puccinellia lucida'' Fern. & Weath. - Shining alkali grass
'' Puccinellia macquariensis'' (Cheeseman) Allan & Jansen
'' Puccinellia macra'' Fern. & Weath. - Bonaventure Island alkali grass
'' Puccinellia maritima'' (Huds.) Parl. - Seaside alkali grass or common saltmarsh-grass
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Puccinellia nutkaensis ''Puccinellia nutkaensis'' is a species of grass known by the common names Nootka alkaligrass and Alaska alkali grass. It is native to North America from Alaska across northern Canada to Greenland and Nova Scotia, and down to Washington to Oregon ...

'' (J.Presl) Fern. & Weath. - Nootka alkali grass
'' Puccinellia nuttalliana'' (J.A.Schultes) A.S.Hitchc. - Nuttall's alkali grass
'' Puccinellia parishii'' A.S.Hitchc. - Bog alkali grass or Parish's alkali grass
'' Puccinellia perlaxa'' (N.G.Walsh) N.G.Walsh & A.R.Williams - Plains saltmarsh-grass
'' Puccinellia phryganodes'' (Trin.) Scribn. & Merr. - Creeping alkali grass
'' Puccinellia poacea'' Sorensen - Floodplain alkali grass
'' Puccinellia porsildii'' Sorensen - Porsild's alkali grass
'' Puccinellia pumila'' (Vasey) A.S.Hitchc. - Dwarf alkali grass
'' Puccinellia pungens'' (Pau) Paunero -
'' Puccinellia rosenkrantzii'' Sorensen - Rosenkrantz's alkali grass
'' Puccinellia rupestris'' (With.) Fern. & Weath. - British alkali grass or stiff saltmarsh-grass
'' Puccinellia simplex'' Scribn. - California alkali grass
'' Puccinellia stricta'' (Hook.f.) C.Blom - Australian saltmarsh-grass
'' Puccinellia sublaevis'' (Holmb.) Tzvelev - Smooth alkali grass
'' Puccinellia tenella'' Holmb. ex Porsild - Tundra alkali grass
'' Puccinellia tenuiflora'' (Griesb.) Scribn. & Merr. -
'' Puccinellia vaginata'' (Lange) Fern. & Weath. - Sheathed alkali grass
'' Puccinellia vahliana'' (Liebm.) Scribn. & Merr. - Vahl's alkali grass
'' Puccinellia wrightii'' (Scribn. & Merr.) Tzvelev - Wright's alkali grass :List sources :

References

External links

Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants Profile
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