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Puccinellia maritima (Huds.)Parl.

Common Saltmarsh-grass

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Puccinellia maritima

Description: This is a universal constituent grass of saltmarshes around the coast, and also on rocky shores in crevices and clefts of rock.

All names: Puccinellia maritima (Huds.)Parl.; Glyceria burdoni Druce; Glyceria festuciformis auct.; Glyceria maritima (Huds.) Wahlb.; Sclerochloa maritima (Huds.) Lindl. ex Bab.; Sclerochloa festuciformis Britten & Rendle pro parte; Poa maritima Huds.

Distribution Map from NBN: Puccinellia maritima at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Puccinellia maritima at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Puccinellia maritima. (Huds.)Parl.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2537. Accessed on 2026-11-02.