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|accepted_name=Distichlis spicata
|accepted_authority=(L.) Greene
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|common_names=Saltgrass
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Distichlis;Distichlis spicata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Distichlis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Distichlis spicata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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|treatment_page=page 25
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>rhizomatous and sometimes stoloniferous. <b>Culms</b> 10-60 cm, usually erect, sometimes decumbent or prostrate. <b>Blades</b> of upper leaves 1-8(20) cm, rigid and divaricate to lax and ascending, usually equaling or exceeding the pistillate panicles, varying with respect to the staminate panicles. <b>Pistillate</b> panicles 1-7 cm, often congested, with 2-20 spikelets. <b>Pistillate</b> spikelets 5-20 mm long, 4-7 mm wide, with 5-20 florets; lower glumes 2-3 mm; upper glumes 3-4 mm; lemmas 3.5-6 mm; paleas with serrate keels. <b>Caryopses</b> 2-5 mm, tapered or truncate. <b>Staminate</b> panicles and spikelets similar to the pistillate panicles and spikelets, but the lemmas somewhat thinner in texture and the paleas not bowed-out. <b>Anthers</b> 3-4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Wash.;Del.;Wis.;Ariz.;N.Mex.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Wyo.;N.H.;Tex.;La.;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;N.W.T.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Sask.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Ala.;Miss.;Nev.;Va.;Colo.;Calif.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Ill.;Ga.;Iowa;Idaho;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;R.I.;Mont.;Oreg.
|discussion=<p><i>Distichlis spicata</i> grows in saline soils of the Western Hemisphere and Australia. Numerous infraspecific taxa have been recognized in the past, but none appears to be justified. Recent North American accounts of <i>Distichlis</i> have usually recognized plants from maritime coasts as distinct from those growing inland, supposedly having more congested inflorescences, but the range of variation is similar in the two habitats.</p>
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name=Distichlis spicata
|author=
|authority=(L.) Greene
|rank=species
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|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Wash.;Del.;Wis.;Ariz.;N.Mex.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Wyo.;N.H.;Tex.;La.;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;N.W.T.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Sask.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Ala.;Miss.;Nev.;Va.;Colo.;Calif.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Ill.;Ga.;Iowa;Idaho;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;R.I.;Mont.;Oreg.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Distichlis
|species=Distichlis spicata
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