Calflora Taxon Report
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene
Inland saltgrass, Salt grass, Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Alternate Names and Sources:
Distichlis spicata ssp. strictaPLANTS
Distichlis spicata var. borealisPLANTS
Distichlis spicata var. divaricataPLANTS
Distichlis spicata var. nanaPLANTS
Distichlis spicata var. stoloniferaPLANTS
Distichlis spicata var. strictaPLANTS
Distichlis stricta var. dentataPLANTS
Distichlis strictaPLANTS
Uniola spicataPLANTS
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Accepted by: JEPS + PLANTS + POWO
Jepson eFlora section:
monocot
USDA PLANTS group:
Monocot

Arid West: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands
coastal, salt-marsh
Coastal Salt Marsh, Creosote Bush Scrub, Alkali Sink, Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian
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