Distichlis spicata

(L.) Greene (1887)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Distichlis

distichlis, salt grass, saltgrass

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Synonyms (70)

Agropyron peruvianum (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. (1817)

Brachypodium peruvianum (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. ex Kunth (1833)

Briza spicata (L.) Lam. (1785)

Brizopyrum americanum Link (1827)

Brizopyrum boreale J.Presl (1830)

Brizopyrum ovatum Nees ex Steud. (1854)

Brizopyrum prostratum (Kunth) Benth. ex E.Fourn. (1876)

Brizopyrum prostratum var. erectum E.Fourn. (1886)

Brizopyrum prostratum var. humile E.Fourn. (1886)

Brizopyrum spicatum (L.) Hook. & Arn. (1841)

Brizopyrum spicatum var. strictum (Torr.) S.Watson (1871)

Brizopyrum thalassicum (Kunth) Nees (1841)

Distichlis araucana Phil. (1897)

Distichlis dentata Rydb. (1909)

Distichlis deserticola Phil. (1870)

Distichlis hirsuta Phil. (1870)

Distichlis hirta Phil. (1873)

Distichlis marginata Phil. (1891)

Distichlis marginata var. stricta (Torr.) Thurb. (1880)

Distichlis maritima Raf. (1819)

Distichlis maritima var. laxa Holm (1891)

Distichlis maritima var. stricta (Torr.) Thurb. (1880)

Distichlis mendocina Phil. (1870)

Distichlis nodosa Raf. (1819)

Distichlis prostrata (Kunth) É.Desv. (1854)

Distichlis spicata f. hirta (Phil.) Kuntze (1898)

Distichlis spicata subsp. stricta (Torr.) Thorne (1978)

Distichlis spicata var. andina Beetle (1955)

Distichlis spicata var. borealis (J.Presl) Beetle (1943)

Distichlis spicata var. distichophylla (Michx.) Beetle (1945)

Distichlis spicata var. divaricata Beetle (1943)

Distichlis spicata var. laxa Beal (1896)

Distichlis spicata var. marginata (Phil.) Kuntze (1898)

Distichlis spicata var. mendocina (Phil.) Hack. (1906)

Distichlis spicata var. mexicana Beetle (1943)

Distichlis spicata var. nana Beetle (1943)

Distichlis spicata var. stolonifera Beetle (1943)

Distichlis spicata var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn. (1894)

Distichlis spicata var. thalassica (Kunth) Kuntze (1898)

Distichlis stricta (Torr.) Rydb. (1905)

Distichlis stricta var. dentata (Rydb.) Hitchc. (1969)

Distichlis stricta var. laxa (Beal) Fawc. & West ex Munz (1935)

Distichlis tenuifolia Phil. (1897)

Distichlis thalassica É.Desv. (1854)

Distichlis thalassica var. mendocina (Phil.) Kurtz (1897)

Distichlis thalassica var. pectinata Griseb. (1879)

Distichlis viridis Phil. (1897)

Eragrostis thalassica Steud. (1841)

Festuca distichophylla Michx. (1803)

Festuca spicata Nutt. (1818)

Festuca triticea Kunth (1833)

Festuca triticoides Lam. (1791)

Megastachya prostrata (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. (1817)

Megastachya thalassica (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. (1817)

Poa borealis (J.Presl) Kunth (1833)

Poa dactyloides Kunth (1816)

Poa michauxii Kunth (1829)

Poa prostrata Kunth (1816)

Poa repens Willd. ex Steud. (1841)

Poa subulata Bosc ex Kunth (1833)

Poa thalassica Kunth (1816)

Triticum peruvianum Lam. (1792)

Uniola distichophylla (Michx.) Roem. & Schult. (1817)

Uniola flexuosa Buckley (1863)

Uniola multiflora Nutt. (1835)

Uniola prostrata (Kunth) Trin. (1836)

Uniola pungens Rupr. ex M.Martens & Galeotti (1842)

Uniola spicata L. (1753)

Uniola stricta Torr. (1824)

Uniola thalassica (Kunth) Trin. (1830)

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Naturalized

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O'ahu Potentially Naturalizing

Maui Naturalized

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IUCN:Least Concern

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 415 (1887)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1482 (O? [single spm., Ala Moana Park, 1977], M? [3 spms., near Kanahā Pond, 1980], DESCR); Herbarium Pacificum Staff 1999:7 (NEWNAT/M)

Occurrences

SNo.	Scientific Name	Locality	Habitat	Basis of Record	Description	Recorded By	Record Number	Island	Source	Date
1	Distichlis spicata	Kahului industrial area, near Kanaha Pond	In sandy salty soil, smaller & finer plants in slightly damp soil.	Preserved_Specimen		Hobdy, R.W.	907	Maui	BISH	1980-10-09
2	Distichlis spicata	Kahului industrial area, near Kanaha Pond	In sandy salty soil, in dry sand.	Preserved_Specimen	Dense clump.	Hobdy, R.W.	906	Maui	BISH	1980-10-09
3	Distichlis spicata	Central Maui, Kahului industrial area near the fairgrounds	In sandy soil.	Preserved_Specimen		Hobdy, R.W.	2789	Maui	BISH	1987-04-18
4	Distichlis spicata	Kanaha Pond, Kahului, Maui, Hawaii	Growing along salt flat, seasonally flooded, along pond and partially into the water.	Preserved_Specimen	Stiff, coarse grass, spikes loose.	Crago, L.M.	2005175	Maui	BISH	2005-08-09
5	Distichlis spicata	Central Maui, southern coast of isthmus, Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge	Dominant groundcover on pond banks in former baitfish facility W of Kealia Pond. Associated with Paspalum vaginatum, Pluchea indica, P. xfosbergii. Fertile.	Preserved_Specimen		Imada, C.	9829	Maui	BISH	1998-10-07
6	Distichlis spicata	Central Maui, saline flats along W side of Kanaha Pond	Forming low mats in open ground but taller in shrubby areas.	Preserved_Specimen		Hobdy, R.W.	4264	Maui	BISH	2006-06-05
7	Distichlis spicata	Kahului industrial area, near Kanaha Pond	In sandy salty soil, growing in wet soil & even in standing water in a drainage canal.	Preserved_Specimen	Dense patches.	Hobdy, R.W.	908	Maui	BISH	1980-10-09
8	Distichlis spicata	Honolulu; Ala Moana Beach Park	Sandy area.	Preserved_Specimen		Watanabe, T.		Oahu	BISH	1977-06-06

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