Synonyms:

• Basionym: Elymus triticoides Buckley

Common names:

• beardless wild rye  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• creeping wild rye  (Source: F Utah ed2) - English

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control (fide Grass VarUSA)
• Environmental: revegetator (fide Grass VarUSA)
• Animal food: forage (fide Grass VarUSA)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat (fide Wild Crop Rel Cer 2:78. 2011)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia (s.)]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (w.), Idaho, Montana (w.?), Oregon, Washington, Wyoming (w.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (w.), Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Norte (n.)]

References:

1. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 (Grass VarUSA)
2. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
3. Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys (Wild Crop Rel Cer) 77-108.
4. Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)

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=102173. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.