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Taxon:  Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn.



Summary
Genus:
Distichlis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Nomen number:
316654
Place of publication:
Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5:51. 1894
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. spicata (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Uniola stricta Torr.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene subsp. stricta (Torr.) Thorne
Distichlis stricta (Torr.) Rydb.

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Reference(s)
  1. Burkart, A. E., ed. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. 1969-
  2. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972-
  3. Hatch, S. L. et al. A checklist of the vascular plants of Texas (on-line resource). http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/taes/tracy/regeco.html
  4. Johnson, P. G. 2000. An overview of North American native grasses adapted to meet the demand for low-maintenance turf. Diversity 16:40-41. Note: = D. spicata
  5. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994 Note: = D. spicata (L.) Greene
  6. Morris, K. N. & A. M. Hossain. 2000. As the demand for turfgrass grows, so must turfgrass germplasm collection and evaluation. Diversity 16:15-17. Note: accepts D. stricta
  7. Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. 1993 Note: = D. spicata (L.) Greene
  8. 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
desert salt grass –
inland salt grass –
interior salt grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIowa 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMinnesota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraska 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNorth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaAlberta 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaSaskatchewan 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina n.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia]
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.), Chile, Uruguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
erosion control (fide F Utah ed2) –


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