Thinopyrum acutum, the sea couch, is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae (true grasses). They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 65 cm tall. The species is invasive to the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay and has altered the area's ecology.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sea couch being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Elymus smithii
- Leymus triticoides
- Thinopyrum intermedium
- Elymus repens
- Elymus trachycaulus
- Elymus lanceolatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Thinopyrum
- Species
- Thinopyrum acutum
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