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THE economic possibilities of Spartina Townsendii, commonly known as rice grass, are described in an illustrated booklet issued by the Ministry of Agriculture (Miscellaneous Publications, No. 66, price 8d.). The grass, a tall rhizomous, deep rooting plant, occurs on maritime muds and was first recorded in England on the Southampton salt marshes in 1870. Its spread along the south coast has been very rapid, from fifteen to twenty years being usually sufficient for the conversion of waste land into continuous meadow. Propagation is effected by seed or fragments of runners.
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Rice Grass and Land Reclamation. Nature 124, 931 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124931a0
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