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Spartina

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Noun1.Spartina - grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands
genus Spartina
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
cord grass, cordgrass - any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders
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Every now and then, when the salt air is heavy and the spartina grass folds and ripples like windblown wheat, I wonder where she is hunting now, and if it looks a lot like Washington.
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That project restored 100 acres to productive wetlands, and included plantings of oysters, mangroves and spartina grass along with the deployment of artificial reefs.
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As they died, they were replaced by a salt marsh grass, Spartina patens.
Global warming may spell demise of key salt marsh constituent by Asian News International
 
 
 
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