See other conspecific taxa:

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

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (-) Distichlis spicata subsp. spicata (L.) Greene
• Basionym: Uniola spicata L.

Common names:

• coastal salt grass  (Source: F Missouri Online) - English
• seashore salt grass  (Source: Intermt F) - English
• seashore salt grass  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• distichlis en épi  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control;

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick (s.)]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [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]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon (w.), Washington (w.)]
• 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.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (s.e.)]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
• Mexico

Southern America

• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

References:

1. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: mentions
2. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 38.
3. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
4. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
5. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
6. Yatskievych, G. Missouri Botanical Garden research: flora of Missouri (on-line resource).
7. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47

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=316653. Accessed 3 July 2024.