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Scribner's wild rye

slender wheatgrass

Elymus scribneri

Elymus trachycaulus

Flowering time June-August May-June
Habitat Open, rocky, often windswept subalpine and alpine regions. Lowland to subalpine, usually in open areas, occasionally in forests.
Distribution
Occurring in the Cascades Range in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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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.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
E. albicans, E. canadensis, E. curvatus, E. elymoides, E. glaucus, E. ×hansenii, E. hirsutus, E. lanceolatus, E. multisetus, E. ×pseudorepens, E. repens, E. sierrae, E. trachycaulus, E. violaceus, E. wawawaiensis
E. albicans, E. canadensis, E. curvatus, E. elymoides, E. glaucus, E. ×hansenii, E. hirsutus, E. lanceolatus, E. multisetus, E. ×pseudorepens, E. repens, E. scribneri, E. sierrae, E. violaceus, E. wawawaiensis
Subordinate taxa
E. trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus
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