spartinan.
/spɑːˈtʌɪnə//spɑːˈtiːnə/ = rice grass n. 5.
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salt grass1704
marsh grass1785
spartina1836
sea cock's-foot-grass1837
sea-grass1837
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cord-grass1861
rice grass1907
1836 W. J. Hooker Compan. Bot. Mag. 2 258 Distinguishing characters of both our British Spartinas.
1867 M. Plues Brit. Grasses vii. 192 Spartina stricta, Smith. Cord Spartina.
1907 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 191 Others regard the three recognisable English Spartinas as varieties.
1907 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 193 These Spartina~swamps extend along each side of the river [Beaulieu].
1925 Jrnl. Ecol. 13 83 Spartina is eagerly devoured by beasts of all kinds.
1934 A. Arber Gramineae xvi. 376 At the periphery of the circular tufts of Spartina, the turf of Glyceria is, little by little, raised up and forced outwards.
1943 J. W. Day Farming Adventure xxi. 241 Spartina grass will live and grow in salt water on mud where no other plant could exist.
1965 Times 31 Aug. 10/6 Spartina grass..thrives on tidal marshes.
1977 Birds Autumn 42/3 The fields of spartina have shrunk to spiky islands which are vanishing fast.
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