Spartina
For the production company, see Spartina Productions. Spartina S. densiflora Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots (unranked): Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Chloridoideae Tribe: Zoysieae Genus: Spartina Schreb. [1] Type species Spartina cynosuroides (L.) Roth. Synonyms [2] Chauvinia Steud. Limnetis Rich. Ponceletia Thouars 1808 not R.Br. 1810 Psammophila Schult. Solenachne Steud. Trachynotia Michx. Spartina , commonly known as cordgrass or cord-grass , [3] is a genus of plants in the grass family, frequently found in coastal salt marshes. [4] The genus name is derived from σπαρτίνη ( spartiné ), the Greek word for a cord made from Spanish broom ( Spartium junceum ). [5] They are native to the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean in western and southern Europe, northwest and southern Africa, the Americas and the southern Atlantic Ocean islands; one or two species also occur on the North American Pacific Ocean coas...