Puccinellia
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"Alkali grass" redirects here. This is also used for mountain deathcamas Anticlea elegans.
Puccinellia is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass.[4][5][3][6][7]
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Puccinellia | |
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Puccinellia distans " Weeping alkali grass " | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Supertribe: | Poodae |
Tribe: | Poeae |
Subtribe: | Coleanthinae |
Genus: | Puccinellia Parl. |
Type species | |
Puccinellia distans (Jacq.) Parl.[1] | |
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These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.[8]