Puccinellia


Puccinellia is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass.
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.

Selected species


Puccinellia agrostidea Sorensen Bent alkali grass or tundra alkali grass

Puccinellia ambigua Sorensen - Alberta alkali grass

Puccinellia americana Sorensen - American alkali grass

Puccinellia andersonii Swallen - Anderson's alkali grass

Puccinellia angustata Rand & Redf. - Narrow alkali grass

Puccinellia arctica Fern. & Weath. - Arctic alkali grass

Puccinellia bruggemannii Sorensen - Prince Patrick alkali grass

Puccinellia convoluta Hayek -

Puccinellia coreensis Honda - Korean alkaligrass
Puccinellia deschampsioides Sorensen - Polar alkali grass

Puccinellia distans Parl. - Spreading alkali grass, weeping alkali grass or reflexed saltmarsh-grass

Puccinellia fasciculata E.P.Bicknell - Torrey alkali grass or Borrer's saltmarsh-grass

Puccinellia fernaldii E.G.Voss = Torreyochloa pallida var. fernaldii

Puccinellia festuciformis Parl. -

Puccinellia groenlandica Sorensen - Greenland alkali grass

Puccinellia howellii J.I.Davis - Howell's alkali grass

Puccinellia hultenii Swallen - Hulten's alkali grass

Puccinellia interior Sorensen - Interior alkali grass

Puccinellia kamtschatica Holmb. - Alaska alkali grass

Puccinellia kurilensis Honda - Dwarf alkali grass

Puccinellia langeana T.J.Sorensen ex Hultén -

Puccinellia laurentiana Fern. & Weath. - Tracadigash Mountain alkali grass

Puccinellia lemmonii Scribn. - Lemmon's alkali grass

Puccinellia limosa Holmb. -

Puccinellia lucida Fern. & Weath. - Shining alkali grass

Puccinellia macquariensis Allan & Jansen
Puccinellia macra Fern. & Weath. - Bonaventure Island alkali grass

Puccinellia maritima Parl. - Seaside alkali grass or common saltmarsh-grass

Puccinellia nutkaensis Fern. & Weath. - Nootka alkali grass

Puccinellia nuttalliana A.S.Hitchc. - Nuttall's alkali grass

Puccinellia parishii A.S.Hitchc. - Bog alkali grass or Parish's alkali grass

Puccinellia perlaxa N.G.Walsh & A.R.Williams - Plains saltmarsh-grass

Puccinellia phryganodes Scribn. & Merr. - Creeping alkali grass

Puccinellia poacea Sorensen - Floodplain alkali grass

Puccinellia porsildii Sorensen - Porsild's alkali grass

Puccinellia pumila A.S.Hitchc. - Dwarf alkali grass

Puccinellia pungens Paunero -

Puccinellia rosenkrantzii Sorensen - Rosenkrantz's alkali grass

Puccinellia rupestris Fern. & Weath. - British alkali grass or stiff saltmarsh-grass

Puccinellia simplex Scribn. - California alkali grass

Puccinellia stricta C.Blom - Australian saltmarsh-grass

Puccinellia sublaevis Tzvelev - Smooth alkali grass

Puccinellia tenella Holmb. ex Porsild - Tundra alkali grass

Puccinellia tenuiflora Scribn. & Merr. -

Puccinellia vaginata Fern. & Weath. - Sheathed alkali grass

Puccinellia vahliana Scribn. & Merr. - Vahl's alkali grass

Puccinellia wrightii'' Tzvelev - Wright's alkali grass