Common Name
Saltmarsh rush
Blackfoot rush
Blackgrass
Plant Form
Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
2.5
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Additional Info
Mesohaline and polyhaline tidal marshes and salt flats in the Coastsal Plain; seasonally flooded depression marshes over Mississippian-age salt deposits in the sw. mountains; most characteristic of low-statured, irregularly flooded coastal marshes with Spartina patens. Infrequent in the outer coastal Plain; disjunct to and locally common in rare, inland salt marshes near Saltville, Smyth County (Ridge and Valley province).
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Late Summer
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Moisture Requirements
In Water
Wet
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