[4][5][3][6][7] These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions.

They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Puccinellia ambigua Sorensen - Alberta alkali grass

Puccinellia americana Sorensen - American alkali grass

Puccinellia andersonii Swallen - Anderson's alkali grass

Puccinellia bruggemannii Sorensen - Prince Patrick alkali grass

Puccinellia coreensis Honda - Korean alkaligrass[9] Puccinellia deschampsioides Sorensen - Polar alkali grass

E.P.Bicknell - Torrey alkali grass or Borrer's saltmarsh-grass

Puccinellia groenlandica Sorensen - Greenland alkali grass

Puccinellia howellii J.I.Davis - Howell's alkali grass

Puccinellia hultenii Swallen - Hulten's alkali grass

Puccinellia kurilensis (Takeda) Honda - Dwarf alkali grass

- Seaside alkali grass or common saltmarsh-grass

Puccinellia poacea Sorensen - Floodplain alkali grass

Puccinellia porsildii Sorensen - Porsild's alkali grass

Puccinellia rosenkrantzii Sorensen - Rosenkrantz's alkali grass

- British alkali grass or stiff saltmarsh-grass

Tzvelev - Smooth alkali grass

Tzvelev - Wright's alkali grass