Spartina sp.
Family : Poaceae
"Cord-grass"
5/119 : Introduced
According to Crackles (1990) it is most likely to be S. anglica rather than S. x townsendii, the material was almost always inaccessible. The plants in St Andrew's Dock [TA 07 27] are S. anglica. The grass is thought to have been introduced to the Humber at Welwick before 1932 (Wilson 1938).

Herbarium material: HLU : Hessle 1930 {R Good} recorded as S. x townsedii

R Middleton 2000

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