cordgrasses

Cattle grazed on the abundant spartina cordgrasses native to the saltwater meadows.

MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

Cattle grazed on the abundant spartina cordgrasses native to the saltwater meadows.

MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

Cattle grazed on the abundant spartina cordgrasses native to the saltwater meadows.

MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

Cattle grazed on the abundant spartina cordgrasses native to the saltwater meadows.

MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

Salt marshes are dominated by saltmarsh and saltmeadow cordgrasses and black needlerush, while the freshwater marshes of upper Currituck Sound contain bulrush, cattail, sawgrass, and big cordgrass.

Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA) 2009

Underground stems rhizomes of cordgrasses are heavily consumed by Canada geese and tundra swans in winter, and by snow geese during spring migration.

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

Seeds of cordgrasses are important to American black ducks, seaside sparrows, and sharp-tailed sparrows.

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

Underground stems rhizomes of cordgrasses are heavily consumed by Canada geese and tundra swans in winter, and by snow geese during spring migration.

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

Underground stems rhizomes of cordgrasses are heavily consumed by Canada geese and tundra swans in winter, and by snow geese during spring migration.

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

Seeds of cordgrasses are important to American black ducks, seaside sparrows, and sharp-tailed sparrows.

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989