Puccinellia

Taxobox
name = "Puccinellia"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Puccinellia distans"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Pooideae
genus = "Puccinellia"
genus_authority = Parl.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 50 - See text

"Puccinellia" is a genus of grasses which are known as alkali grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Selected species:
*"Puccinellia agrostidea" - bent alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia americana" - American alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia angustata" - narrow alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia arctica" - Arctic alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia deschampsioides" - polar alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia distans" - weeping alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia fasciculata" - saltmarsh alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia howellii" - Howell's alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia interior" - interior alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia kamtschatica" - Alaska alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia laurentiana" - Tracadigash Mountain alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia lemmonii" - Lemmon's alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia lucida" - shining alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia maritima" - seaside alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia nutkaensis" - Nootka alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia nuttalliana" - Nuttall's alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia parishii" - bog alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia pumila" - dwarf alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia rupestris" - British alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia simplex" - California alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia tenella" - tundra alkaligrass
*"Puccinellia vaginata" - sheathed alkaligrass

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9257 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PUCCI USDA Plants Profile]