Spartina spp. (Salt Marsh Grass)

Illustration of Spartina patens (Saltmeadow Cordgrass)

One of the oldest handcrafts of African origin in the United States is the hand-woven winnowing sieve, a shallow basket that was used during the Colonia Era to separate the rice seed from its chaff. Made from indigenous bulrush, sweetgrass is a strong yet supple marsh grass that thrives in the sandy soil of the coastal regions of the US South Atlantic

Illustration of wetland

Illustration of a man doing the salt marsh nekton survey

Illustration of Spartina pectinata (Prairie Cordgrass)

Illustration of Spartina alterniflora (Smooth Cordgrass) singular

Found in and around aquatic or wetland habitats, this grass is avoided by grazing feral horses on Assateague Island, Maryland, in favor of Spartina alterniflora

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