Saltgrass

(Distichlis spicata)

Characteristics

Leaves	Stem	Flowers

Growing habits: Erect to ascending warm-season mat-forming perennial

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from creeping, scaly rhizomes and stolons

Leaf anatomy: Leaves linear, scaly near base, ascending, membranous ligule & fringed with trichomes

Reproduction: Short contracted panicle inflorescence, dioecious plants

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}