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Distichlis spicata
desert saltgrass, inland saltgrass, marsh spikegrass, saltgrass, seashore saltgrass
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Poales, Family Poaceae, Genus Distichlis, Species Distichlis spicata


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MA: SNR
Evidence:		9 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Arches National Park
Assateague Island National Seashore	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Biscayne National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Canyonlands National Park	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Channel Islands National Park
City Of Rocks National Reserve	Colonial National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Death Valley National Park
DeSoto National Memorial	Devils Postpile National Monument
Devils Tower National Monument	Dinosaur National Monument
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Point National Historic Site	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fort Union National Monument
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Great Basin National Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Joshua Tree National Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Manzanar National Historic Site	Mesa Verde National Park
Mojave National Preserve	Natural Bridges National Monument
Olympic National Park	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Padre Island National Seashore	Parashant National Monument
Petrified Forest National Park	Pinnacles National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Redwood National Park	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tuzigoot National Monument
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
White Sands National Park	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Wupatki National Monument	Yosemite National Park
Yucca House National Monument	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	1/4/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/15/2025 6:27:14 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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