Gulf Cordgrass
Spartina spartinae
Gulf cordgrass is a stout, fountain-like bunchgrass of coastal prairies and marsh edges, tolerant of salt, drought, and heavy soils. A bold accent and tough cover grass.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- FL, LA, TX