Calflora: Paspalum distichum

Paspalum distichum L.

knot grass, knotgrass

Paspalum distichum, a monocot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Communities:	Valley Grassland, Freshwater Wetlands, Coastal Salt Marsh, wetland-riparian
Habitat:	coastal, salt-marsh, freshwater-marsh [Walker]
Wetlands:	Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 0 and 5413 feet
Family:	POACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Paspalum found in California.

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:	Digitaria paspaloides
PLANTS:	Paspalum paspaloides
TJM2 + PLANTS:	Paspalum distichum var. indutum
TJM2:	Paspalum paspalodes

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CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Paspalum distichum from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (PADI6)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database