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Spartina anglica C. E. Hubbard
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Isotype for Spartina anglica C.E. Hubb.
Catalog Number: US 2907471
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): C. E. Hubbard
Year Collected: 1968
Locality: Bosham., Sussex, England, Great Britain, Europe
- Isotype: Hubbard, C. E. 1978. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 364.
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Tidal mudflats of coast, introduced. Jiangsu, Zhejiang [native to England].
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Het Engels slijkgras Spartina townsendii var. anglica kent zijn oorsprong in Zuid-Engeland. Het is een bastaard of hybride van het in Europa inheemse klein slijkgras Spartina maritima en de Noord-Amerikaanse slijkgrassoort Spartina alterniflora. Het Engels slijkgras werd destijds massaal aangeplant om aan landwinning en sedimentbinding te doen. De soort bleek echter heel invasief en zorgde voor een sterke wijziging in slikke- en schorrevegetaties. Het resultaat hiervan was een verlaagde natuurwaarde van deze zeldzame kusthabitat.
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The common cord-grass Spartina townsendii var. anglica originates from Southern England. It is a hybrid of the European indigenous Spartina maritima the North American Spartina alterniflora. Originally, the common cord-grass was planted in mass for land reclamation and sediment binding. The species proved to be very invasive and caused a strong change in mudflat- and salt marsh vegetation, resulting in a lower ecological value of this rare coastal habitat.
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In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / saprobe
ascocarp of Anthostomella torosa is saprobic on leaf (lower mid-upper) of Spartina anglica
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
Foodplant / saprobe
ascocarp of Buergenerula spartinae is saprobic on leaf (lower-mid) of Spartina anglica
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
Foodplant / pathogen
ergot of Claviceps purpurea var. spartinae infects and damages live ovary of Spartina anglica
Foodplant / saprobe
ascocarp of Lignincola laevis is saprobic on stem (mid-upper) of Spartina anglica
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
Foodplant / sap sucker
Prokelisia marginata sucks sap of Spartina anglica
Foodplant / saprobe
ascocarp of Wettsteinina marina is saprobic on Spartina anglica
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 8
Specimens with Barcodes: 8
Species With Barcodes: 1
Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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Rounded Global Status Rank: GU - Unrankable
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Spartina anglica (Common Cord-grass[1]) is a species of cordgrass that originated in southern England in about 1870. It is an allotetraploid species derived from the hybrid Spartina × townsendii, which arose when the European native cordgrass Spartina maritima (Small Cordgrass) hybridised with the introduced American Spartina alterniflora (Smooth Cordgrass).
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing 0.4-1.3 m tall, yellowish green in spring and summer, and turning light brown in autumn and winter. The leaves are 20-60 cm long, and 1.5 cm broad at the base, tapering to a point. It produces flowers and seeds on only one side of the stalk. The flowers are a yellowish-green, turning brown by the winter.
Invasive problems[edit]
Spartina anglica was at first seen as a valuable new species for coastal erosion control, its dense root systems binding coastal mud and the stems increasing silt deposition, thereby assisting in land reclamation from the sea. As a result, it was widely planted at coastal sites throughout the British Isles, and has colonised large areas of tidal mudflats, becoming an invasive species. New colonies may take some time to become established, but once they do, vegetative spread by rhizomes is rapid, smothering natural ecosystems and preventing birds like waders from feeding. In some areas however, a natural dieback of unknown cause has reversed the spread, and artificial control is no longer necessary where this dieback has occurred.
It has also been introduced to Asia, Australia, New Zealand and North America, where it has proved to be a serious invasive species causing extensive damage to natural saltmarsh ecosystems in all areas.
References[edit]
- ^ "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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