Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sporobolus airoides is a species of grass known by the common name alkali sacaton. It is native to western North America, including the Western United States west of the Mississippi River, British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, and northern and central Mexico. It grows in many types of habitat, often in alkali soils, such as in California desert regions. Sporobolus airoides is a perennial bunchgrass forming a clump of stems reaching up to two meters tall. The stem bases are thick and tough, almost woody in texture. The fibrous green or gray-green leaves are up to 50 or 60 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is long and generally wide open and spreading, bearing yellow spikelets with purplish bases. The grass produces abundant seeds, which are often dispersed in flowing water and germinate when embedded in sediment.