See other conspecific taxa:

• Elymus trachycaulus subsp. subsecundus (0 accessions)
• Elymus trachycaulus subsp. trachycaulus (0 accessions)
• Elymus trachycaulus subsp. virescens (0 accessions)

Common names:

• slender wheatgrass  (Source: NRCS Cons Pl Mat) - English

Economic Importance:

• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of barley (fide Genome 34:954. 1991)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat (fide Wild Crop Rel Cer 2:78. 2011)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Yukon Territory] Greenland, United States [Alaska]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Baja Norte]

References:

1. Aung, T. 1991. Intergeneric hybrids between Hordeum vulgare and Elymus trachycaulis resistant to Russian wheat aphid (Genome) 34:954-960.
2. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999- (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
3. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
4. International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982 (Mult Glossary Crops)
5. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:300.
6. Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys (Wild Crop Rel Cer) 77-108.
7. Wiggins, I. L. Flora of Baja California. (F Baja)

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=102325. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.