Synonyms:

• (=) Elymus philadelphicus L.

Common names:

• Canada wild rye  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
• Great Plains wild rye  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• élyme du Canada  (Source: F NAmer) - French
• centeio-silvestre-do-Canadá  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• kanadaelm  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control (fide Proc E Nat Grass Sym)
• Animal food: fodder (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
• Animal food: forage (fide Food Feed Crops US)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat (fide Wild Crop Rel Cer 2:78. 2011)
• Weed: potential seed contaminant (fide Intermt F)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Northwest Territory (s.w.)] United States [Alaska]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Quebec (s.), Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.), Alberta, Manitoba (s.), British Columbia (s.)]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina (w.), Tennessee (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Monocots&FamilyID=Poaceae&GenusID=Elymus&SpeciesID=canadensis), Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California (n.), Nevada, Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon]


Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

Other (exact native range obscure)

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. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972- (Intermt F)
3. Englert, J. 1999. New and upcoming native grass releases from the Eastern US Plant Materials Centers (Proc E Nat Grass Sym) 2:132.
4. Englert, J. M. et al. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999- (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
5. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
6. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)
8. Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16. 1992 (Grass Util Mex)
9. 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=15032. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.