Welcome to the official website of the City of Martinsburg, West Virginia! The City of Martinsburg, recognized as the fastest growing City in the State is known as the Gateway to the Shenandoah Valley.. Located in the heart of the Eastern Panhandle, the City serves as the county seat to Berkeley County.
Distichlis spicata is a species of grass known by several common names, including seashore saltgrass, inland saltgrass, and desert saltgrass.This grass is native to the Americas, where it is widespread. It can be found on other continents as well, where it is naturalized.It is extremely salt tolerant.he total dry matter yields were 9081 kg/ha with a total protein production of 1300 kg/ha. Saltgrass is grazed by both cattle and horses and it has a forage value of fair to good because it remains green when most other grasses are dry during the drought periods and it is resistant to grazing and trampling.
The more often an area is flooded, the more saline it is. Plants living in salt marshes have different tolerances to salt. Those with higher tolerances are found in the low marsh, and those with lower tolerances to salt are found in the high marsh zones.Plants from one marsh zone are never found in the other.(top). Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) dominates the low marsh all the way down to the estuarys edge.lants living in salt marshes have different tolerances to salt. Those with higher tolerances are found in the low marsh, and those with lower tolerances to salt are found in the high marsh zones.