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
- 3.2–3.2 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- wet, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, WA
Related native plants
More Spartina species
- Smooth Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora)
- Prairie Cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
- Gulf Cordgrass (Spartina spartinae)