Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-633.27.06
Distichlis spicata
English: Seashore saltgrass; Inland saltgrass; Desert saltgrass.
Region: Americas, widespread.
Botany: extremely salt, alkaline tolerant; habitat along coastlines, on salt flats, disturbed soils, forest, woodland, montane, desert scrub habitats; forms dense monotypic stands, in clonal colonies; forms sod with its hearty root system; rhizomes have sharp points, penetrating hard soils; aerenchymous tissues, which allow it to grow underwater and in mud.