Taxon: Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners subsp. trachycaulus

Genus:

Elymus

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Subtribe:

Hordeinae

Nomen number:

313183

Place of publication:

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

08-nov-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 08-nov-2007

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

See other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

(=) Agropyron novae-angliae Scribn.
(=) Agropyron pauciflorum (Schwein.) Hitchc.
(=) Agropyron tenerum Vasey
(=) Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Malte ex H. F. Lewis
(=) Elymus novae-angliae (Scribn.) Tzvelev
(=) Elymus pauciflorus (Schwein.) Gould
(=) Roegneria trachycaula (Link) Nevski
(=) Triticum pauciflorum Schwein.
(=) Triticum trachycaulum Link

Common names:

slender wheatgrass (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
agropyre à chaumes rudes (Source: F NAmer) - French
élyme à chaumes rudes (Source: F NAmer) - French
agropiro tenue (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian

Economic Importance:

Environmental: erosion control (fide F Utah ed2)
Environmental: revegetator (fide Grass VarUSA)
Animal food: fodder (fide AH 170)
Animal food: forage (fide Food Feed Crops US)
Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat (fide Wild Crop Rel Cer 2:78. 2011)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory] 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 [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:

Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 (Grass VarUSA)
FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
Hanson, A. A. Grass varieties in the United States. 1972 (AH 170)
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)
Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys (Wild Crop Rel Cer) 77-108.
Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)

Check other web resources for Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners subsp. trachycaulus :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

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=313183. Accessed 16 mayo 2024.