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

 
Genus: Distichlis
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Monanthochloinae
Nomen number: 316654
Place of publication: Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5:51. 1894
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 27-Apr-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

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

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

Common names:

  • desert salt grass  (Source: Intermt F) - English
  • inland salt grass  (Source: L Texas) - English
  • interior salt grass  (Source: Intermt F) - English
  • desert salt grass  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
  • distichlis dressé  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)

Economic Importance:

  • Animal food: forage
  • Environmental: lawn/turf (fide Diversity 16:15-17. 2000, as D. stricta; Diversity 16:40. 2000, as D. spicata) lawn/turf (fide Diversity 16:15-17. 2000, as D. stricta; Diversity 16:40. 2000, as D. spicata)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia]
    • 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]
    • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]

    Southern America
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru
    • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.), Chile, Uruguay


    Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

  1. Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
  2. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
  3. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 38.
  4. Hatch, S. L. et al. A checklist of the vascular plants of Texas (on-line resource).
  5. 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: = Distichlis spicata
  6. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: = Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene
  7. 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: = Distichlis stricta
  8. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. Note: = Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene
  9. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47

Check other web resources for Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn. :

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
  • Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.
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=316654. Accessed 3 July 2024.