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Spartina anglica C. E. Hubb.

common cord-grass (Poaceae / Gramineae)

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Spartina anglica is an allopolyploid derived in Victorian times in Hampshire from Spartina × townsendii, and can be a dominant component of saltmarsh vegetation.

Littleton-upon-Severn (VC34: West Gloucestershire); 2015-07-10

 common cord-grass / Spartina anglica: _Spartina anglica_ is an allopolyploid derived in Victorian times in Hampshire from _Spartina × townsendii_, and can be a dominant component of saltmarsh vegetation.

The ligule is a fringe of hairs.

Littleton-upon-Severn (VC34: West Gloucestershire); 2015-07-10

 common cord-grass / Spartina anglica: The ligule is a fringe of hairs.

Part of an inflorescence

Littleton-upon-Severn (VC34: West Gloucestershire); 2015-07-10

 common cord-grass / Spartina anglica: Part of an inflorescence

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