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Widespread and fairly frequent along coasts throughout the UK. Most common in North Western Scotland. Habitat includes: saltmarshes (often dominant in lower and middle marsh), pans / depressions in the upper marsh, bare saline soils above the tidal limit, sea walls, beside grazing marsh ditches, salt-treated roads etc. Growing habit: Stoloniferous Perennial. Height: Up to 80 cm. Other names include: Seaside Alkali Grass, Sea Poa Grass.

Puccinellia distans (Reflexed Saltmarsh-Grass) /
    Puccinellia distans subsp. borealis (Northern Saltmarsh-grass) x
    Puccinellia distans subsp. distans (Reflexed Saltmarsh-grass) /

Puccinellia fasciculata (Borrer's Saltmarsh-grass)
Puccinellia festuciformis
Puccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass) /
Puccinellia rupestris (Stiff Saltmarsh-grass) /

species hybrid Puccinellia distans x fasciculata Puccinellia distans x rupestris = P. x pannonica Puccinellia maritima x distans = P. x hybrida Puccinellia maritima x rupestris = P. x krusemaniana