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Distichlis spicata

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Internal ID UUID64402fda45b42059087539
Scientific name Distichlis spicata
Authority (L.) Greene
First published in Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 415 (1887)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Agropyron peruvianum Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 761 (1817)
Brachypodium peruvianum Kunth Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 1: 543 (Index). 1833 [Jul-Aug 1833]
Briza spicata Burm.f. Fl. Indica , Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 3 (1768)
Briza spicata Lam. Encycl. 1: 465 (1785)
Brizopyrum americanum Link Hort. Berol. 1: 160 (1827)
Brizopyrum boreale J.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 280 (1830)
Brizopyrum ovatum Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 282 (1854)
Brizopyrum prostratum Benth. ex E.Fourn. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 15: 474 (1876)
Brizopyrum prostratum var. erectum E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 120 (1886)
Brizopyrum prostratum var. humile E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 120 (1886)
Brizopyrum spicatum Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. : 430 (1841)
Brizopyrum spicatum var. strictum (Torr.) A.Gray Botany [Fortieth Parallel] 5: 385. 1871
Brizopyrum thalassicum (Kunth) Nees Gramineae 29. 1841 (1841)
Distichlis araucana Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 94: 162 (1897)
Distichlis dentata Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 536 (1909)
Distichlis deserticola Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 36: 209. 1870 (1870)
Distichlis hirsuta Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 36: 269. 1870 (1870)
Distichlis hirta Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 43: 570 (1873)
Distichlis marginata Phil. Anales Mus. Nac., Santiago de Chile (1892) 86.
Distichlis marginata var. stricta (Torr.) Thurb. Bot. California 2: 306. 1880
Distichlis maritima Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 104. 1819
Distichlis maritima var. laxa Holm Bot. Gaz. 16: 277 (1891)
Distichlis maritima var. stricta (Torr.) Thurb. Bot. California 2: 306 (1880)
Distichlis mendocina Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 36: 209 (1870)
Distichlis nodosa Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 104. 1819
Distichlis prostrata É.Desv. Fl. Chil. 6: 398 (1854)
Distichlis spicata f. hirta (Phil.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 350 (1898)
Distichlis spicata subsp. stricta (Torr.) Thorne Aliso 9: 195 (1978)
Distichlis spicata var. andina Beetle Revista Argent. Agron. 22: 93 (1955)
Distichlis spicata var. borealis (J.Presl) Beetle Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 643 (1943)
Distichlis spicata var. distichophylla (Michx.) Beetle Rhodora 47: 148 (1945)
Distichlis spicata var. divaricata Beetle Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 647 (1943)
Distichlis spicata var. laxa Vasey ex Beal Grass. N. Amer. 2: 519 (1896)
Distichlis spicata var. marginata (Phil.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 350 (1898)
Distichlis spicata var. mendozina Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires , ser. 3, 6: 513 (1906)
Distichlis spicata var. mexicana Beetle Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 648 (1943)
Distichlis spicata var. nana Beetle Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 647 (1943)
Distichlis spicata var. stolonifera Beetle Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 644 (1943)
Distichlis spicata var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 51 (1894)
Distichlis spicata var. thalassica (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 350 (1898)
Distichlis stricta (Torr.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 602 (1905)
Distichlis stricta var. dentata (Rydb.) C.L.Hitchc. Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N. W. 1: 553 (1969)
Distichlis stricta var. laxa (Vasey ex Beal) Fassett & L.West ex Munz Man. S. Calif. Bot. : 52, 597 (1935)
Distichlis tenuifolia Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 94: 162 (1897)
Distichlis thalassica É.Desv. Fl. Chil. 6: 397 (1854)
Distichlis thalassica var. mendocina Kurtz Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 15: 521 (1897)
Distichlis thalassica var. pectinata Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 291 (1879)
Distichlis viridis Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 94: 163 (1897)
Eragrostis thalassica Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 111 (1841)
Festuca distichophylla Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 67 (1803)
Festuca spicata Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 72. 1818 (1818)
Festuca triticea Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 325 (1833)
Festuca triticoides Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 191 (1791)
Megastachya prostrata Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 590 (1817)
Megastachya thalassica Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 590 (1817)
Poa borealis Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 326 (1833)
Poa dactyloides Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 163 (1816)
Poa michauxii Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 111 (1829)
Poa prostrata Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 157 (1816)
Poa repens Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 362 (1841)
Poa subulata Bosc ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 325 (1833)
Poa thalassica Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 157 (1816)
Triticum peruvianum Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 212 (1792)
Uniola distichophylla (Michx.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 596 (1817)
Uniola flexuosa Buckley Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 99 (1862 publ. 1863)
Uniola multiflora Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. , n.s., 5: 148 (1835)
Uniola prostrata Trin. Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 68 (1836)
Uniola pungens Rupr. ex M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(2): 234 (1842)
Uniola spicata L. Sp. Pl. : 71 (1753)
Uniola stricta Torr. Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 155 (1824)
Uniola thalassica Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 359 (1830)

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Language Common/alternative name
English desert saltgrass
English inland saltgrass
English saltgrass
Spanish uniola stricta
Spanish distichlis mendocina
Spanish distichlis maritima
Spanish uniola spicata
Spanish zácate salado
Spanish zacate salado
Spanish zacahuistle
Spanish pelo de chancho
Spanish pasto puna
Spanish pasto del salitral
Spanish huizapole
Spanish grama salada
Spanish huizapol
nv tłʼoh díkʼǫ́zhí
Chinese 鹽草

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
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    • Northeastern U.S.A.
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      • Ohio
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      • Rhode Island
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Delaware
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
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      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
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      • Nevada
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    • Western Canada
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  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
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      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Turks-caicos Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Guatemala
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile North
      • Chile South
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Galápagos
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000865007
UNII G6F15P27W1
Florida Plant Atlas 3693
Flora of Alabama 4767
Canadensys 7571
USDA Plants DISP
Tropicos 25511922
INPN 95175
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:82343-2
The Plant List kew-409971
Open Tree Of Life 34383
NCBI Taxonomy 38594
Nature Serve 2.155306
IUCN Red List 64311188
IPNI 82343-2
iNaturalist 58372
GBIF 2704509
Freebase /m/0g1fyh
WisFlora 3425
FEIS plants/graminoid/disspi
EPPO DISSP
EOL 1114104
Calflora (Californian flora) 2743
USDA GRIN 14415
Wikipedia Distichlis_spicata

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Scientific Literature Top

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Grass species with potential for rangelands restoration in northern Mexico: an assessment with environmental niche modeling Álvarez-Holguín A, Morales-Nieto CR, Corrales-Lerma R, Ochoa-Rivero JM, Ponce-García OC, Prieto-Amparán JA, Vega-Mares JH, Villarreal-Guerrero F Sci Rep 15-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10943106
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-56918-1
PMID:38491325
Allochthonous marsh subsidies enhances food web productivity in an estuary and its surrounding ecosystem mosaic Davis MJ, Woo I, De La Cruz SE, Ellings CS, Hodgson S, Nakai G PLoS One 29-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10903911
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0296836
PMID:38421974
Belowground Response of a Bahiagrass Pasture to Long-Term Elevated [CO2] and Soil Fertility Management Runion GB, Prior SA, Torbert HA Plants (Basel) 08-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10891630
doi:10.3390/plants13040485
PMID:38498419
Application of lidar to assess the habitat selection of an endangered small mammal in an estuarine wetland environment Hagani JS, Takekawa JY, Skalos SM, Casazza ML, Riley MK, Estrella SA, Barthman‐Thompson LM, Smith KR, Buffington KJ, Thorne KM Ecol Evol 01-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10834226
doi:10.1002/ece3.10894
PMID:38314315
Variovorax sp. strain P1R9 applied individually or as part of bacterial consortia enhances wheat germination under salt stress conditions Acuña JJ, Rilling JI, Inostroza NG, Zhang Q, Wick LY, Sessitsch A, Jorquera MA Sci Rep 24-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10808091
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-52535-0
PMID:38267517
The Influence of Tide, Wind, and Habitat on the Abundance and Foraging Rate of Three Species of Imperiled Plovers in Southwest Florida, USA Jech JL, Forys EA Animals (Basel) 17-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10668691
doi:10.3390/ani13223548
PMID:38003165
Linking Mesoscale Spatial Variation in Methylmercury Production to Bioaccumulation in Tidal Marsh Food Webs Hall LA, Woo I, Marvin-DiPasquale M, Takekawa JY, Krabbenhoft DP, Yee D, Grenier L, De La Cruz SE Environ Sci Technol 13-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10702545
doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c04907
PMID:37956992
Selection of Salinity-Adapted Endorhizal Fungal Consortia from Two Inoculum Sources and Six Halophyte Plants Barajas González JA, Carrillo-González R, González-Chávez MD, Chimal Sánchez E, Tapia Maruri D J Fungi (Basel) 31-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10533040
doi:10.3390/jof9090893
PMID:37755001
Browsers or Grazers? New Insights into Feral Burro Diet Using a Non-Invasive Sampling and Plant DNA Metabarcoding Approach Esmaeili S, King SR, Schoenecker KA Animals (Basel) 21-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10451565
doi:10.3390/ani13162683
PMID:37627474
In search of lost ergots: phylogenetic re-evaluation of Claviceps species in Japan and their biogeographic patterns revealed Tanaka E, Tanada K, Hosoe T, Shrestha B, Kolařík M, Liu M Stud Mycol 17-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10825747
doi:10.3114/sim.2023.106.01
PMID:38298573
Sustained mangrove reproduction despite major turnover in pollinator community composition at expanding range edge Nathan M, Gruner DS Ann Bot 30-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10550273
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad085
PMID:37389585
Inoculation with extreme endophytes improves performance and nutritional quality in crop species grown under exoplanetary conditions Molina-Montenegro MA, Escobedo VM, Atala C Front Plant Sci 22-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10325655
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1139704
PMID:37426965
Out of the stable: Social disruption and concurrent shifts in the feral mare (Equus caballus) fecal microbiota Vaziri GJ, Jones MM, Carr HA, Nuñez CM Ecol Evol 11-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10175550
doi:10.1002/ece3.10079
PMID:37187967
Halophytic Clonal Plant Species: Important Functional Aspects for Existence in Heterogeneous Saline Habitats Ievinsh G Plants (Basel) 21-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10144567
doi:10.3390/plants12081728
PMID:37111952
Reevaluating the wave power-salt marsh retreat relationship Houttuijn Bloemendaal LJ, FitzGerald DM, Hughes ZJ, Novak AB, Georgiou IY Sci Rep 18-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9938853
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-30042-y
PMID:36806366

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