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

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

, 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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saline Saline may refer to: * Saline (medicine), a liquid with salt content to match the human body * Saline water, non-medicinal salt water * Saline, a historical term (especially US) for a salt works or saltern Places * Saline, Calvados, a commune in ...

alkali In chemistry, an alkali (; from ar, القلوي, al-qaly, lit=ashes of the saltwort) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. An alkali can also be defined as a base that dissolves in water. A solution of a ...

ne conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

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'' 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 S ...

'' Swallen - Anderson's alkali grass
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Puccinellia angustata ''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 ...

'' (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 S ...

'' (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 S ...

'' 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 S ...

'' (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 S ...

'' 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 S ...

'' Sorensen - Polar alkali grass
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Puccinellia distans ''Puccinellia distans'' is a species of grass known by the common names weeping alkaligrass and European alkali grass. It is native to Europe and it is present in most of North America, where it is perhaps an introduced species. It grows in moist ...

'' (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 ''Torreyochloa pallida'' is a species of grass known by the common names pale false mannagrass and weak manna grass. It is native to North America, especially the east and west sides. It grows in wet habitat, such as rivers, lakesides, bogs, and ...

'' 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 S ...

'' Sorensen - Greenland alkali grass
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Puccinellia howellii ''Puccinellia howellii'' is a rare species of grass known by the common name Howell's alkaligrass. It is endemic to Shasta County, California, where it is known from a single population in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area near Whiskeytown. It ...

'' 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 S ...

'' 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 S ...

'' 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 S ...

'' (Takeda) Honda - Dwarf alkali grass
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Puccinellia langeana ''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 S ...

'' (Berlin) T.J.Sorensen ex Hultén -
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Puccinellia laurentiana ''Puccinellia laurentiana'' is a perennial grass which grows on gravelly seashores in south-eastern Canada. Its specific epithet "''laurentiana''" refers to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where it grows. Description ''Puccinellia laurentiana'' has ...

'' Fern. & Weath. - Tracadigash Mountain alkali grass
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Puccinellia lemmonii ''Puccinellia lemmonii'' is a species of grass known by the common name Lemmon's alkaligrass. It is native to western North America, particularly the northwestern United States, where it grows in moist, saline soils. It is a perennial bunchgrass ...

'' (Vasey) Scribn. - Lemmon's alkali grass
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Puccinellia limosa ''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 S ...

'' (Schur) Holmb. -
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Puccinellia lucida ''Puccinellia lucida'' is a perennial grass which grows in south-eastern Canada and occasionally elsewhere in the United States. Its specific epithet ''lucida'' means "shining", referring to the plant's lustrous glumes. Description ''Puccinelli ...

'' Fern. & Weath. - Shining alkali grass
'' Puccinellia macquariensis'' (Cheeseman) Allan & Jansen
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Puccinellia macra ''Puccinellia macra'' is a perennial grass which grows on the coasts of south-eastern Canada. Its specific epithet "''macra''" means large, referring to its tall stature. Description ''Puccinellia macra'' is cespitose and grows tall. It has ca ...

'' Fern. & Weath. - Bonaventure Island alkali grass
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Puccinellia maritima ''Puccinellia maritima'' is a species of grass Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of na ...

'' (Huds.) Parl. - Seaside alkali grass or common saltmarsh-grass
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Puccinellia nutkaensis ''Puccinellia nutkaensis'' is a species of Poaceae, 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 ...

'' (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
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Puccinellia pungens ''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 So ...

'' (Pau) Paunero -
'' Puccinellia rosenkrantzii'' Sorensen - Rosenkrantz's alkali grass
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Puccinellia rupestris ''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 ...

'' (With.) Fern. & Weath. - British alkali grass or stiff saltmarsh-grass
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Puccinellia simplex ''Puccinellia simplex'' is a species of Poaceae, grass known by the common names California alkaligrass and western alkali grass. It is native to California, where it grows in mineral springs and other moist habitat with soil salinity, saline soi ...

'' 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
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Puccinellia tenuiflora ''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 S ...

'' (Griesb.) Scribn. & Merr. -
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Puccinellia vaginata ''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 S ...

'' (Lange) Fern. & Weath. - Sheathed alkali grass
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Puccinellia vahliana ''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 S ...

'' (Liebm.) Scribn. & Merr. - Vahl's alkali grass
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Puccinellia wrightii ''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 S ...

'' (Scribn. & Merr.) Tzvelev - Wright's alkali grass :List sources :

References

External links

Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants Profile
{{Taxonbar, from=Q157774 Poaceae genera Halophytes