Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Culms 7.5-60 cm. tall, erect from a horizontal rootstock, or often decumbent at the base. Sheaths overlapping and often crowded; leaves 1.25-15 cm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, flat or involute; panicle dense and spike-like, 1.8-6 cm. in length, the branches 2.5 cm. long or less, erect; spikelets 6-16-flowered, 8-18 mm. long, pale green; empty scales acute, the first 1- 3-nerved, two-thirds as long as the 3-5-nerved second one; flowering scales 3-5 mm. long, acute or acuminate.
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Distribution
Brackish soil, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Watling's Island, Inagua : Nova Scotia to Washington, California, Texas, and Florida ; Mexico ; Cuba ; South America. Erroneously called Bulrush. Marsh Spike-grass. Rabbit-grass.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| Central Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Nova Scotia Canada North America| Washington United States of America North America| Baja California Mexico North America| Texas United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| México Mexico North America| Cuba South America| South America|