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|accepted_name=Puccinellia nutkaensis
|accepted_authority=(J. Presl) Fernald & Weath.
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|common_names=Alaska alkali grass;Pacific alkali grass;Puccinellie brillante
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|name=Puccinellia triflora
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|name=Puccinellia macra
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|name=Puccinellia lucida
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|name=Puccinellia laurentiana
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|name=Puccinellia kamtschatica var. sublaevis
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|name=Puccinellia hultenii
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|name=Puccinellia grandis
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|name=Puccinellia glabra
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|name=Puccinellia coarctata
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Puccinellia;Puccinellia nutkaensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Poeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Puccinellia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Puccinellia nutkaensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
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|treatment_page=page 475
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; cespitose, occasionally appearing rhizomatous or stoloniferous after rooting at the nodes of buried stems, not mat-forming. <b>Culms</b> 10-90 cm, usually erect, sometimes decumbent. <b>Leaves</b> usually distributed evenly along the culms; ligules 1-3 mm, obtuse to truncate, entire; blades 1.5-6 mm wide when flat, flat to involute. <b>Panicles</b> 5-30 cm, compact to diffuse at maturity, lower branches usually erect to ascending, occasionally spreading to descending, spikelet-bearing from near the base or the spikelets confined to the distal 1/2; pedicels from sparsely to densely scabrous, epidermal cells often tumid. <b>Spikelets</b> 3.5-12 mm, with 3-7 florets. <b>Glumes</b> rounded over the back, veins obscure, apices acute to truncate; lower glumes 1-1.6 mm; upper glumes 2-3 mm; calluses with a few hairs; lemmas (2.2)3-4.5(5) mm, herbaceous, glabrous or sparsely hairy on the proximal 1/2, principally along the veins, backs rounded, 5-veined, veins obscure, not extending to the margins, midveins smooth distally, apical margins uniformly and densely scabrous, apices usually acute to obtuse, sometimes acuminate, entire; palea veins glabrous or with short hairs proximally, scabrous distally; anthers 0.5-1.4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 42, 56.</span><!--

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|distribution=B.C.;Greenland;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Wash.;Oreg.
|discussion=<p><i>Puccinellia nutkaensis</i> grows in coastal habitats of continental North America and Greenland, generally in sand and stones in protected intertidal environments. It is variable in form, ranging from diminutive plants that resemble <i>P. pumila</i> to tall, erect plants, often with dense or open inflorescences, resembling <i>P. nuttalliana</i>. Larger plants on the Pacific coast have been called P. grandis Swallen, and those on the Atlantic coast <i>P. lucida</i> Fernald & Weath., but there are many plants of intermediate stature.</p>
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name=Puccinellia nutkaensis
|authority=(J. Presl) Fernald & Weath.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Puccinellia triflora;Puccinellia macra;Puccinellia lucida;Puccinellia laurentiana;Puccinellia kamtschatica var. sublaevis;Puccinellia hultenii;Puccinellia grandis;Puccinellia glabra;Puccinellia coarctata
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Cindy Roché
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=B.C.;Greenland;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Wash.;Oreg.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
|genus=Puccinellia
|species=Puccinellia nutkaensis
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