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Taxonomic Details for Distichlis spicata
| Systematic Resumé: |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Subkingdom | Viridiplantae |
| Infrakingdom | Streptophyta |
| Superdivision | Embryophyta |
| Division | Tracheophyta |
| Subdivision | Spermatophytina |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Superorder | Lilianae |
| Order | Poales |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Genus | Distichlis |
| Species | Distichlis spicata |
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| Common Name: |
desert saltgrass, marsh spikegrass, saltgrass, inland saltgrass, seashore saltgrass |
| Authority: |
(L.) Greene |
| ITIS TSN: |
40662 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) |
| Habitats: |
Salinity Zone: Brackish water, Salinity Zone: Marine |
| GCE Contact: |
Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
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| GCE Data Sets: |
BOT-GCED-2509 (Habitat range and phenotypic variation in twelve salt marsh plants on Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA.)
PLT-GCEM-2012 (Long-term monitoring of seven high marsh plant mixtures on Sapelo Island GA)
GIS-GCEL-1812a (May to July 2018 regions of interest (ROIs) of tidal marsh and tidal forest plant species to be used as ground reference data in habitat mapping)
GIS-GCEL-1812 (May to July 2018 ground control points GPS coordinates of tidal marsh and tidal forest plant species to be used as ground control points in habitat mapping)
PLT-GCET-1508 (Geographic coordinates, soil properties, plant species composition and vegetation survey data in the study on tidal marshes of the Ogeechee, Altamaha and Satilla estuaries in Georgia, USA)
(view all 18 relevant data sets in the GCE Data Catalog) |

Distichlis spicata specimen from UGAMI herbarium. Photo Steve Pennings
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