See other conspecific taxa:

• Distichlis spicata var. spicata (0 accessions)
• Distichlis spicata var. stricta (0 accessions)

Common names:

• salt grass  (Source: Websters Dict) - English
• salt grass  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• distichlis dressé  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)

Economic Importance:

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

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Nova Scotia, Ontario (s.), Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick (s.)]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia (s.w.)]
• 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
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Guatemala
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay


Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14415. Accessed 3 July 2024.