GRASSES FOR SPECIAL CONDITIONS 199 
Elymus condensatus in low alkaline soil, is seen in 
Fig. 43.) 
SALT-GRASS (Distichlis maritima), a small, sod- 
forming grass, grows on soils very strongly alkaline. 
Some forms of it grow tall enough to cut for hay. It 
FIG. 43—TYPICAL VIEW ON RANGES OF THE WEST 
SHOWING BUNCHES OF GIANT RYE GRASS 
is too salty for first-class feed, but stock eat it very 
readily when better feed is scarce. No attention has 
been given to its propagation. It is a shy seed-bearer, 
but a little attention from the plant-breeder could 
doubtless develop a strain of salt-grass of considerable 
value for soils too strongly alkaline for other grasses. 
