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Spartina bakeri Merrill. Common name: Sand Cordgrass. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Brackish marshes, marsh edges, also wet coastal hammocks under Sabal palmetto, Quercus virginiana, and Juniperus silicicola. Distribution: Se. SC south to s. FL, west to Panhandle FL.

ID notes: Along with Spartina spartinae, distinctive among our species in its densely clumped growth form.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA25, GW1, HC, S, WH3; = n/a — RAB; = Spartina bakerii Merr. — SFla, orthographic variant; = Sporobolus bakeri (Merr.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela — FlGr, K4, Peterson et al (2014a). Basionym: Spartina bakeri Merr. 1902

Links to other floras: = Spartina bakeri - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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native range: SC, GA, FL & TX



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