Puccinellia


Puccinellia is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass.
These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Selected species


Puccinellia agrostidea Sorensen Bent alkali grass or tundra alkali grass


Puccinellia ambigua Sorensen - Alberta alkali grass


Puccinellia americana Sorensen - American alkali grass


Puccinellia andersonii Swallen - Anderson's alkali grass


Puccinellia angustata Rand & Redf. - Narrow alkali grass


Puccinellia arctica Fern. & Weath. - Arctic alkali grass


Puccinellia bruggemannii Sorensen - Prince Patrick alkali grass


Puccinellia convoluta Hayek -


Puccinellia coreensis Honda - Korean alkaligrass

Puccinellia deschampsioides Sorensen - Polar alkali grass


Puccinellia distans Parl. - Spreading alkali grass, weeping alkali grass or reflexed saltmarsh-grass


Puccinellia fasciculata E.P.Bicknell - Torrey alkali grass or Borrer's saltmarsh-grass


Puccinellia fernaldii E.G.Voss = Torreyochloa pallida var. fernaldii


Puccinellia festuciformis Parl. -


Puccinellia groenlandica Sorensen - Greenland alkali grass


Puccinellia howellii J.I.Davis - Howell's alkali grass


Puccinellia hultenii Swallen - Hulten's alkali grass


Puccinellia interior Sorensen - Interior alkali grass


Puccinellia kamtschatica Holmb. - Alaska alkali grass


Puccinellia kurilensis Honda - Dwarf alkali grass


Puccinellia langeana T.J.Sorensen ex Hultén -


Puccinellia laurentiana Fern. & Weath. - Tracadigash Mountain alkali grass


Puccinellia lemmonii Scribn. - Lemmon's alkali grass


Puccinellia limosa Holmb. -


Puccinellia lucida Fern. & Weath. - Shining alkali grass


Puccinellia macquariensis Allan & Jansen

Puccinellia macra Fern. & Weath. - Bonaventure Island alkali grass


Puccinellia maritima Parl. - Seaside alkali grass or common saltmarsh-grass


Puccinellia nutkaensis Fern. & Weath. - Nootka alkali grass


Puccinellia nuttalliana A.S.Hitchc. - Nuttall's alkali grass


Puccinellia parishii A.S.Hitchc. - Bog alkali grass or Parish's alkali grass


Puccinellia perlaxa N.G.Walsh & A.R.Williams - Plains saltmarsh-grass


Puccinellia phryganodes Scribn. & Merr. - Creeping alkali grass


Puccinellia poacea Sorensen - Floodplain alkali grass


Puccinellia porsildii Sorensen - Porsild's alkali grass


Puccinellia pumila A.S.Hitchc. - Dwarf alkali grass


Puccinellia pungens Paunero -


Puccinellia rosenkrantzii Sorensen - Rosenkrantz's alkali grass


Puccinellia rupestris Fern. & Weath. - British alkali grass or stiff saltmarsh-grass


Puccinellia simplex Scribn. - California alkali grass


Puccinellia stricta C.Blom - Australian saltmarsh-grass


Puccinellia sublaevis Tzvelev - Smooth alkali grass


Puccinellia tenella Holmb. ex Porsild - Tundra alkali grass


Puccinellia tenuiflora Scribn. & Merr. -


Puccinellia vaginata Fern. & Weath. - Sheathed alkali grass


Puccinellia vahliana Scribn. & Merr. - Vahl's alkali grass


Puccinellia wrightii Tzvelev - Wright's alkali grass