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Taxon:  Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. spicata



Summary
Genus:
Distichlis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Nomen number:
316653
Verified:
04/27/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene (0 active accession[s])
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Uniola spicata L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972- Note: mentions
  2. Hitchcock, A. S. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. 1950
  3. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  4. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. 1999
  5. Yatskievych, G. Missouri Botanical Garden research: flora of Missouri (on-line resource). http://www.tropicos.org/Project/MO
  6. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994
Common names
English
coastal salt grass –
seashore salt grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico  
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNew Brunswicks.
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNova Scotia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaPrince Edward Island 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesConnecticuts.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMainee. & s.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusettse.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Hampshires.e.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Jersey 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Yorks.e.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesRhode Island 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregonw.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashingtonw.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexass.e.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabamas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDelaware 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgiae.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisianas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMarylande.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippis.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolinae.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolinae.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginiae.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbias.w.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick (s.)]
  • 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]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon (w.), Washington (w.)]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (s.e.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Delaware, Florida, Georgia (e.), Louisiana (s.), Maryland (e.), Mississippi (s.), North Carolina (e.), South Carolina (e.), Virginia (e.)]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia (s.w.)]
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru
Economic Uses
Environmental


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