Spartina × townsendii
| Spartina × townsendii | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |   |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 4' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer-Late Summer |
| Native to: | |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Spartina × townsendii (common name: Townsend's cord grass)
Propagation: Seed - sow in a greenhouse in spring and only just cover the seed. Germination should take place within 2 weeks. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle. Plant out in the summer if sufficient growth has been made, otherwise overwinter them in a cold frame and plant them out in the following spring. This species is a hybrid and is therefore unlikely to breed true from seed.
Division in spring.
Cultivation: Succeeds in fresh or salt water marshes and in ordinary garden soil[1]. Prefers a deep rich moist soil in sun or light shade[2].
This plant is a naturally occurring hybrid, probably S. maritima (syn S. stricta) and S. alternifolia[3].
An allopolyploid[2].
Range: Western Europe in Britain and France.
Habitat: Tidal mud flats[3][4].
Usage: The plants have an extensive root system and they are much planted in tidal flats for erosion control[3][4][1].
Pollinators: Wind
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Monoecious
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grounds, Roger. Ornamental Grasses. Christopher Helm, 1989.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.