Puccinellia stricta

{{Short description|Species of grass}}

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Puccinellia stricta is a species of grass known by the common names Australian saltmarsh grass, and Marshgrass.{{cite journal|date=2022|author=A.R. Williams, C.M. Weiller, N.G. Walsh|title= Puccinellia stricta |journal= Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water: Canberra|url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Puccinellia%20stricta|access-date=2022-08-31}} It was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1853 as Glyceria stricta from a specimen collected at Akaroa,{{cite Q|Q5862801|title=The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15950707|pages=304}} but was assigned to the genus, Puccinellia, in 1930 by Carl Hilding Blom.{{APNI2|id=99014|name=Puccinellia stricta}}Blom, C.H. (1930), Acta Horti Gothoburgensis 5: 89 It is native to New Zealand and Australia, where it is found in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.{{Cite web |title=Puccinellia stricta (Hook.f.) C.H.Blom {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:419168-1 |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}

The species is very variable.

It is found on the outer margins of inland salt lakes, and on river and estuary margins.