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Taxon:  Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene



Summary
Genus:
Distichlis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Nomen number:
14415
Place of publication:
Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2:415. 1887
Verified:
05/11/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. spicata (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
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972 Note: mentions
  2. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
  3. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972-
  4. Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
  5. Englert, J. M. et al. 2002. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999-
  6. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  7. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. 1991
  8. Gould, F. W. The grasses of Texas. 1975
  9. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. Flora of Ecuador. 1973-
  10. Hitchcock, A. S. Grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24:291-556. 1927
  11. Hitchcock, A. S. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. 1950
  12. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). Flora de Cuba. 1946-1962; suppl. 1969
  13. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. 1999
  14. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Flora of the Great Plains. 1986
  15. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  16. Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource). Note: http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/poaceae/distichlis-spicata/fichas/pagina1.htm
  17. Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. 1993
  18. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994
  19. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
salt grass –
Distribution
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Nova Scotia, Ontario (s.), Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick (s.)]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois (e.), Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota]
  • 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 [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon (w.), Washington, Wyoming]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • 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.)]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia (s.w.)]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands [Grand Cayman]
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Guatemala
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Environmental


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