Synonyms:

• Basionym: Elymus arenarius L.

Common names:

• beach wild rye  (Source: Grass VarUSA) - English
• European dune grass  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• lyme grass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• rancheria grass  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• sea lyme grass  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• élyme des sables  (Source: L Noms French ed6) - French
• élyme des sables d'Europe  (Source: F NAmer) - French
• blauer Helm  (Source: Mansf Ency) - German
• Sandhafer  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• Strandgerste  (Source: Mansf Ency) - German
• Strandhafer  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• Strandroggen  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• aveia-brava  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• strandråg  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control (fide Dict Gard; Buvisindi 8:41-50. 1994)
• Animal food: fodder (fide Grass USSR)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat (fide Wild Crop Rel Cer 2:78. 2011)

Distributional Range:

Native

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands
• EASTERN EUROPE: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation-European part [European part (n.)]
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain (n.w.)


Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 (Grass VarUSA)
3. Demilly, D. et al. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. 1996 (L Noms French ed6)
4. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
5. Greipsson, S. & A. J. Davy 1994. Leymus arenarius. Characteristics and uses of a dune-building grass Búvísindi 8:41-50.
6. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
9. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
10. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)
11. Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976 (Grass USSR)
12. Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys (Wild Crop Rel Cer) 77-108.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=102161. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.