Details for: W6 27715, Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene, HR200502

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene

Top Name:

HR200502

Origin:

Collected – California, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

27 Dec 2005

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		W6 27715 2005o SD

Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene

Top Name:

HR200502

Origin:

Collected – California, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

27 Dec 2005

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

13 August 2005.
California, United States
Locality: Lassen county. Approximately 2 miles west of the town of Herlong, Pole Line Road goes north to the lake bed.
Coordinates: 40.2169, -120.1928 (Map it)
Elevation: 1250m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS

Collector(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

HR200502

Type: Collector identifier

Honey Lake South

Type: Other or unclassified name

Harrington, Judy Colorado State University

W6 27715

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

SW 0805

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Plants various heights, exhibiting pseudosucculence possibly as a result of the highly saline environment. Abundant flowering and seed set. Site: Saline lake bed sediments. Poorly drained. Soils compacted, surface dry and hard, water table high. Salt crust over much of the area.

Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene

Genus:

Distichlis

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Monanthochloinae

Nomen number:

14415

Place of publication:

Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2:415. 1887

Verified:

05/11/1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. spicata (0 active accession[s])
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn. (1 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	salt grass		1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English (Canada)	salt grass	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 37-38.
French (Canada)	distichlis dressé	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 37-38.

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