Spartina pectinata
Common name: Cord Grass
Cord grass is another of those biter grasses and will cut the pants right off of you if you walk through a clump wearing low quality trousers. Aside from that drawback, this grass is a winner for wet sites in open and disturbed areas as well as moist prairies. Tough as a coffin nail, as they say, invading our gravel drive here at the nursery and corn field edges with moist soil. Good fall color and interesting seed heads also lend a touch of ornamentality to it as well.
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Plant Details
Plant type
Grass
Soil type
Mesic (Not too Wet Not too Dry), Moist Mesic, Wet
Light exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun / Part Shade
Bloom period
Summer
Urban environment
Harsh Exposure Tolerant, Road-side/Salt Tolerant, Yards that Flood
Habitat
Floodplain, Prairie Grasslands, Wetlands
Growth form
Colonizing / Spreading, Rhizomatous/stoloniferous
Growth rate
Fast
Flower color
Yellow White
Fall color
Golden
Size
- Mature height
- 4 Feet
- Mature width
- 1 Inches
- Max height
- 7 Feet
- Max width
- 1 Inches
Additional information
Loved by birds