Taxon: Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey

 
Genus: Elymus
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Triticeae
Subtribe: Hordeinae
Nomen number: 102289
Place of publication: Nebraska fl. pl. 15. 1891
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 08-nov-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 20-nov-2007
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • bottlebrush squirreltail  (Source: Grass VarUSA) - English
  • squirreltail  (Source: Intermt F) - English

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: erosion control (fide Grass VarUSA)
  • Environmental: revegetator (fide Grass VarUSA)
  • Environmental: wildlife habitat (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
  • Animal food: forage (fide F Utah ed2)
  • 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.w.), Alberta (s.), British Columbia (s.)]
    • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas (w.), Nebraska (w.), North Dakota (w.), Oklahoma (w.), South Dakota (w.)]
    • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
    • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Norte]


    Naturalized

    Northern America
    • United States (e.)


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. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972- (Intermt F)
  3. Englert, J. M. et al. 2001. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999- (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
  4. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
  5. Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys (Wild Crop Rel Cer) 77-108.
  6. Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)

Check other web resources for Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey :

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=102289. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.