''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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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 ...

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

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Puccinellia agrostidea ''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 ...

'' Sorensen Bent alkali grass or tundra alkali grass
'' Puccinellia ambigua'' Sorensen - Alberta alkali grass
'' Puccinellia americana'' Sorensen - American alkali grass
'' Puccinellia andersonii'' Swallen - Anderson's alkali grass
'' Puccinellia angustata'' (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'' 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
'' Puccinellia howellii'' 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 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 - 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
'' Puccinellia langeana'' (Berlin) T.J.Sorensen ex Hultén -
'' Puccinellia laurentiana'' Fern. & Weath. - Tracadigash Mountain alkali grass
'' Puccinellia lemmonii'' (Vasey) Scribn. - Lemmon's alkali grass
'' Puccinellia limosa'' (Schur) Holmb. -
'' Puccinellia lucida'' Fern. & Weath. - Shining alkali grass
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Puccinellia macquariensis ''Puccinellia macquariensis'' is a species of salt-tolerant, perennial, tufted grass in the family Poaceae. It is endemic to Australia's subantarctic Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean, though very closely related to '' P. chathamica'' of ...

'' (Cheeseman) Allan & Jansen
'' Puccinellia macra'' Fern. & Weath. - Bonaventure Island alkali grass
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Puccinellia maritima ''Puccinellia maritima'' is a species of grass known by the common names including seaside alkaligrass, common saltmarsh-grass or sea poa grass. It is native to Western Europe and it is present in most of North East North America. It grows in mo ...

'' (Huds.) Parl. - Seaside alkali grass or common saltmarsh-grass
'' Puccinellia nutkaensis'' (J.Presl) Fern. & Weath. - Nootka alkali grass
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Puccinellia nuttalliana ''Puccinellia nuttalliana'' is a species of grass known by the common name Nuttall's alkaligrass. It is native to North America, where it is widespread from Alaska east throughout Canada to Greenland, and common in the western and central United ...

'' (J.A.Schultes) A.S.Hitchc. - Nuttall's alkali grass
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Puccinellia parishii ''Puccinellia parishii'' is an uncommon species of grass known by the common names bog alkaligrass and Parish's alkali grass. It is native to the western United States, where it is known from a few locations in Arizona and New Mexico, and one occ ...

'' 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
'' Puccinellia pungens'' (Pau) Paunero -
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Puccinellia rosenkrantzii ''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 ...

'' Sorensen - Rosenkrantz's alkali grass
'' Puccinellia rupestris'' (With.) Fern. & Weath. - British alkali grass or stiff saltmarsh-grass
'' Puccinellia simplex'' 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
'' Puccinellia tenuiflora'' (Griesb.) Scribn. & Merr. -
'' Puccinellia vaginata'' (Lange) Fern. & Weath. - Sheathed alkali grass
'' Puccinellia vahliana'' (Liebm.) Scribn. & Merr. - Vahl's alkali grass
'' Puccinellia wrightii'' (Scribn. & Merr.) Tzvelev - Wright's alkali grass :List sources :

References

External links

Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants Profile
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