Taxon: Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene

See also subordinate taxa:

• Distichlis spicata var. spicata (no accessions)
• Distichlis spicata var. stricta (no accessions)

Common names:

• coastal salt grass   (Source: F Missouri Online ) – English   [Distichlis spicata var. spicata]
  
• desert salt grass   (Source: Intermt F ) – English   [Distichlis spicata var. stricta]
  
• inland salt grass   (Source: L Texas ) – English   [Distichlis spicata var. stricta]
  
• interior salt grass   (Source: Intermt F ) – English   [Distichlis spicata var. stricta]
  
• salt grass   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• seashore salt grass   (Source: Intermt F ) – English   [Distichlis spicata var. spicata]
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide F Utah ed2; NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick [s.], Nova Scotia, Ontario [s.], Prince Edward Island
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia [s.w.], Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut [s.], Maine [e. & s.], Massachusetts [e.], New Hampshire [s.e.], New Jersey, New York [s.e.], Rhode Island
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [e.], Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon [w.], Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama [s.], Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia [e.], Louisiana [s.], Maryland [e.], Mississippi [s.], North Carolina [e.], South Carolina [e.], Virginia [e.]
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Bahamas; Cayman Islands - Grand Cayman; Cuba
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Guatemala
  Western South America: Bolivia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile; Uruguay

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. [mentions].
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
• Englert, J. M. et al. 2002. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas.
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
• Hitchcock, A. S. 1927. Grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24:291-556.
• Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
• León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
• Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Distichlis spicata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Distichlis spicata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Distichlis spicata.

Synonyms:

• Distichlis spicata subsp. stricta (Torr.) Thorne [≡ Distichlis spicata var. stricta]
  
• Distichlis stricta (Torr.) Rydb. [≡ Distichlis spicata var. stricta]
  (previously associated with 9 accessions)
• Uniola spicata L. [≡ Distichlis spicata var. spicata]
  
• Uniola stricta Torr. [≡ Distichlis spicata var. stricta]
  

Check other web resources for Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Spikelets and/or florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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