Nuttall's Alkaligrass (Puccinellia nuttalliana (Schult.) Hitchc.)
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Legend | Color |
Native | |
Expanded | |
Native or Not Present | |
Native or Expanded | |
Expanded or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
This is a salt-tolerant grass that has expanded eastward in the north of its range, taking advantage of anthropogenic habitats such as salted roadways; it is not as common as some other grasses that have expanded in this manner, and in the east has only formed a few isolated populations. Our map marks a broader portion of the range as introduced than that reported by BONAP. It seems unlikely that the population they report as native is actually native.
↑Links & External Resources
• Puccinellia nuttalliana (Nuttall's alkaligrass) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Puccinellia nuttalliana | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Nuttall's Alkali Grass | iNaturalist (About This Site)
• Puccinellia nuttalliana | CABI Invasive Species Compendium (About This Site)
• Puccinellia nuttalliana | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Puccinellia nuttalliana | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Puccinellia nuttalliana | Flora of North America (About This Site)