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salt grass

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salt grass
n.
Any of various grasses, especially North American perennial plants of the genus Distichlis, that grow in salt marshes and alkaline areas.


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The dominant species is salt grass (Distichlis spicata and Distichlis scoparia) accompanied by Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) and cyanophyceae algae (Nostoc sp.
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