Nipa

It was a fine afternoon for a siesta because it rained in torrents for the rest of the day and the patter of rain on nipa thatch is a soothing sound.

The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater.

Once a staple of the Cocopa people, wild populations of nipa have been greatly reduced due to dams and other watershed disruptions.