Nipa grass (Palmer's saltgrass)

Distichlis palmeri

A salt-tolerant perennial grain grass native to the tidal marshes of the Gulf of California, historically a wild-harvested staple of the Cocopah people and now trialed as a saltwater grain crop.

Family

Poaceae

Climate requirements

Tolerates hot, arid coastal climates irrigated with seawater.

Soil types

Grows in saline tidal and coastal soils