- © Michael Charter. Used with permission
Saltgrass is a perennial halophyte. The subspecies, Distichlis spicata spicata (L) Greene, is a California native that tolerates the alkali soil in the marsh plains and salt pans of coastal saltmarshes.
Facts and Features
- Geographic Distribution
Most of western North America including coastal California. Also Central and South America
- Amazing Facts
A salt extruder, saltgrass is being tested for abilities to restore salt soils so they can be used for agriculture. Ironically, because of its spreading mat growth the state of Nebraska lists saltgrass as a noxious weed
- At the Aquarium
Our plants, located in the Shorebird Sanctuary, were donated by the Stewards of the Los Cerritos Wetlands located in Long Beach, California.