General: Prairie cordgrass is a warm-season perennial grass. It is native to the tall grass prairies of most of the United States and Canada. It has an average height of 3 to 8 feet (Johnson and Larson). The leaf blades, 3 to 13 mm wide and up to 30 inches long, are coarse, very tough, and thick. The margins of the leaf are serrated and sharp.

Prairie cordgrass is a native perennial sod-forming grass with flowering stalks up to 7 feet tall. A grassland species, it grows in dense stands in low, damp soils. It’s often called ripgut because of the tiny sharp saw teeth on the leaf edges.

The graceful arching foliage of Prairie Cordgrass cuts a fine figure in summer and then turns a bright gold in autumn. Found in moist prairies and wetlands this fast-growing native grass is excellent for stabilizing fresh soil around ponds, or streambanks in full sun.

Prairie Cordgrass Spartina pectinata Grass family (Poaceae) Description: This perennial grass is about 3-7' tall and unbranched. The central culm is light green, terete (round in cross-section), and glabrous. The alternate leaves are located primarily along the lower half of the culm.

Cord Grass prefers full to partial sun and wet to medium soil moisture. It thrives in a fertile loam, but can adapt to different soils if there is ample moisture. Typical habitats of this species include wet prairies, prairie swales, swamps, and marshes.

Spartina pectinata is a species of cordgrass known as prairie cordgrass, [1] freshwater cordgrass, tall marshgrass, and sloughgrass. It is native to much of North America, including central and eastern Canada and most of the contiguous United States except for the southwestern and southeastern regions.

Prairie Cordgrass is a common, fast-growing, warm-season grass that has a preference for moist, sandy soil but tolerates a variety of conditions, including dry and saline soils. It's been planted for erosion control and cultivated as a biofuel.

Prairie cord grass is a coarse, tough, warm season perennial grass that typically grows in a dense, arching clump to 4-7' tall when in flower. It is native to a large area of North America extending from Newfoundland to Alberta south to Oregon, …

Prairie cordgrass grows on river and lake shores and freshwater marshes, as well as the upper edges of salt marshes. It is one of the tallest grasses in North America, and an important species of tallgrass prairies in the Midwest, growing mainly in wet depressions.

Essential host plant for larvae of several moth species including four-lined borer moth, many-lined cordgrass moth, spartina borer moth, and tortricid moths. Also known by the common name Ripgut. Where Should I Start?