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
- 6.6–6.6 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, FL, LA, MS, TX
Related native plants
More Spartina species
- Smooth Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora)
- Prairie Cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
- Saltmeadow Cordgrass (Spartina patens)