Spartina anglica

Basic information
Scientific name	Spartina anglica	(No picture)
Common names	Common cord grass
Higher taxon	Poaceae, Poales, Liliopsida, Magnoliophyta
Natural range	North America.
Habitat	Natural beach, brakish, stream.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	Deliberate: For bank protection and land reclamation. Accidental: In ballast water.
Impact	Competition with native species. Destruction of landscape. Native organism(s) affected: Various tide species.
Regulation in Japan	Import, transport and keeping are prohibited in Japan by the Invasive Alien Species Act.
Introduced range in other countries	Continental China, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, USA

Reference

Notes

ISSG. Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) (Accessed on 2011-12-20) http://www.issg.org/database/welcome/
JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Kriwoken & Hedge (2000) Exotic species and estuaries: managing Spartina anglica in Tasmania, Australia. Ocean Coast Manag. 43, 573-584.
Ministry of the Environment, Japan. The Invasive Alien Species Act (Accessed on 2011-12-20) http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/as.html

100 of the World’s Worst Invasive Alien Species
Spartina spp. is designated as a invasive alien species from June 2014