Salt water couch (Sporobolus virginicus) is in the Western Hemisphere.
The home has a common name, scientific name and Salt Couch photos.Marine Couch Status: Native to Australia but also common around the coastlands of all warm-temperate and tropical countries.Perennial grass with long rhizomes and erect tufts to 20 cm high, bright green leaves arranged in two opposite rows, with hairs at the base of the blade, and a row of short hairs.The panicle is 4-9mm wide and 1-6 cm long.Spikelets are long, shiny, leaden-grey, and single flowered.The western part of the Victorian Volcanic Plain is home to coastal marshes, swamp edges, and drainage lines.Rat's-tail Couch is similar to the inland grass but is more salt tolerant.Also has a similar appearance to Australian Salt-grass, but doesn't have the usual fish-bone leaf arrangement or prickly leaves.There are differences between the Australian Salt-grass and other creeping grasses.Salt Couch plants Photo: A J Brown