See other conspecific taxa:

• Elymus dahuricus subsp. dahuricus (0 accessions)
• Elymus dahuricus subsp. excelsus (0 accessions)

Common names:

• Dahurian wild rye  (Source: Grass VarUSA) - English

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: revegetator (fide F NAmer)
• Animal food: fodder (fide Grass VarUSA)
• Animal food: forage (fide Grass VarUSA)
• Gene sources: potential for salt tolerance in wheat (fide J Exp Bot 57:1062. 2006)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat (fide Wild Crop Rel Cer 2:78. 2011)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (s.e.), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
• MONGOLIA: Mongolia
• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Primorye, Amur, Sakhalin]
• CHINA: China [Heilongjiang, Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang]
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu (n.)] Korea

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India (n.w.), Nepal, Pakistan (n.)


Naturalized

Northern America

• North America (w.)

References:

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2. Colmer, T. D. et al. 2006. Use of wild relatives to improve salt tolerance in wheat J. Exp. Bot. 57:1059-1078.
3. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
4. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984- (F Bhutan)
5. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982 (L Nepal)
6. Kharkevich, S. S., ed. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East. 1985 (F Russ Far East)
7. Koyama, T. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. 1987 (Grass Japan)
8. Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. Flora of Siberia (English translation). 2000- (F Siberia)
9. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970- (F Pak)
10. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- (F Iran)
11. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:286.
12. Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976 (Grass USSR)
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14. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

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=15040. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.