Synonyms:

• Basionym: Elymus cinereus Scribn. & Merr.

Common names:

• basin wild rye  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• Great Basin wild rye  (Source: F Utah ed2) - English
• askråg  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: boundary/barrier/support (fide Grass VarUSA)
• Environmental: revegetator (fide Grass VarUSA)
• Environmental: wildlife habitat (fide Grass VarUSA)
• Animal food: forage (fide Grass VarUSA; NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat (fide Wild Crop Rel Cer 2:78. 2011)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.), Alberta (s.), British Columbia (s.e.)]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Nebraska (n.w. & n.e.)]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (w.), Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (n.w.), California, Nevada, Utah]


Cultivated (also cult.)

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. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
4. Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys (Wild Crop Rel Cer) 77-108.
5. 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=102177. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.