Saltmeadow Cordgrass
Spartina patens
Saltmeadow cordgrass forms swirling 'cowlick' meadows in the high salt marsh and on back dunes, a fine-textured, salt- and drought-tolerant grass for coastal plantings.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- wet, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CT, DE, FL, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, SC, TX, VA