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SAN FRANCISCO ▲ ESTUARY INVASIVE INVASIVE SPARTINA PROJECT S PARTINA PROJECT Preserving native wetlands
S. patens distribution (2001)
Introduced Spartina patens (salt meadow cordgrass)
Patch of S. patens in a meadow of Salicornia (pickleweed) at Benicia State Recreation Area, CA.
Delicate inflorescence of S. patens. (Above).
Close up of S. patens inflorescence. Note open spikes with branches sepa- rated and ascending.