Elymus multisetus |
Elymus repens |
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big squirreltail |
creeping wild rye |
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Habit | Strong perennial with long, tough, wiry rhizomes, the culms erect to decumbent, up to 1 m. tall. | |
Leaves | Sheaths open, auricles well-developed; ligules under 0.5 mm. long; blades flat, usually hairy, 5-10 mm. broad. |
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Flowers | Inflorescence a stiff, erect spike 7-15 mm. long, the rachis not disarticulating; spikelets 5- to 6-flowered, 1 per node, crowded, about twice as long as the internodes; glumes lanceolate, awn-tipped, 5- to 7-nerved, 6-7 mm. long; lemmas slightly longer than the glumes, acute, awnless or with a straight awn up to 10 mm. long; paleas equaling the lemmas. |
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Fruits | Utricle |
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Elymus multisetus |
Elymus repens |
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Flowering time | May-August | June-August |
Habitat | Dry, often rocky, open woodland and thickets on slopes and plains. | Fields, roadsides, meadows, pastures, wastelots, and other disturbed open areas. |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to California, east to Idaho, Colorado, and Arizona.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast; circumboreal.
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Origin | Native | Introduced from Eurasia |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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