''Puccinellia simplex'' is a species of
grass known by the common names California alkaligrass and western alkali grass. It is native to
California, where it grows in
mineral spring
Mineral springs are naturally occurring springs that produces hard water, water that contains dissolved minerals. Salts, sulfur compounds, and gases are among the substances that can be dissolved in the spring water during its passage underg ...
s and other moist habitat with
saline soils
Soil salinity is the salt content in the soil; the process of increasing the salt content is known as salinization. Salts occur naturally within soils and water. Salination can be caused by natural processes such as mineral weathering or by the ...
in the
Central Valley,
Mojave Desert, and other areas. It is also known from
Utah, but occurrences there are probably
introduced.
Grass Manual Treatment
This annual grass grows up to about 25 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is generally a linear structure with parallel branches bearing small spikelets.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfilePhoto gallery
simplex
In geometry, a simplex (plural: simplexes or simplices) is a generalization of the notion of a triangle or tetrahedron to arbitrary dimensions. The simplex is so-named because it represents the simplest possible polytope in any given dimension. ...
Flora of California
Flora of Utah
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