68 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



(Bissell), Southington (Andrews & Bissell), Cheshire (A. E. 

 Blewitt), Naugatuck (Eames). June — July. 



SPARTINA Schreb. Cord or Marsh Grass. 

 Spartina Michauxiana Hitchc. 



Spartina cynosuroides of American authors, not Roth. 

 Slough, Cord, Bull or Thatch Grass. Tall Marsh Grass. 



Marshes and shallow water both fresh and salt. Frequent 

 to common along the coast and near tidal rivers ; rare inland 

 as at Glastonbury (Andrews), Oxford (Harger). July — 

 Sept. 



Spartina cynosuroides (L.) Roth (like Cynosurus, the Dog's- 

 tail Grass). 

 Sparti)ia polystachya W'illd. 

 Salt Reed Grass. 



Borders of salt marshes and creeks. Rare in eastern Con- 

 necticut : Old Lyme (Graves), Old Saybrook (Bissell). Be- 

 coming occasional from New Haven westward. July — Sept. 



Spartina glabra ]\Iuhl. (smooth). 



Spartina stricta Roth, var. glabra Gray. 

 Salt Marsh Grass. 



In its typical form not known in Connecticut. The var. 

 piLOSA Merr. (hairy) is common on borders of salt marshes 

 and tidal rivers. Aug. — Sept 



Forms an important part of the hay cut on the salt marshes. 

 Spartina glabra Muhl., var. alterniflora (Loisel.) Merr. (alter- 



nate-flov^ered). 

 Spartina stricta Roth., var. alterniflora Gray. 

 Salt Marsh Grass. 



Occasional. Borders of salt marshes and tidal streams. 

 Aug. — Sept. 



Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl. (spreading) var. juncea (Michx.) 



Hitchc. (rush-like). 

 Spartina juncea Willd. 

 Trachynotia juncea Michx. 

 Salt Meadow Grass. 



Common on salt meadows along the coast. July — Sept. 



Furnishes much of the hay cut on the salt meadows. 



