Taxon: Leymus arenarius (L.) Hochst.

Common names:

• élyme des sables   (Source: L Noms French ed6 )
  
• élyme des sables d'Europe   (Source: F NAmer )
  
• aveia-brava   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• beach wild rye   (Source: Grass VarUSA )
  
• blauer Helm   (Source: Mansf Ency )
  
• European dune grass   (Source: Hortus 3 as Elymus arenarius)
  
• lyme grass   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• rancheria grass   (Source: Hortus 3 as Elymus arenarius)
  
• Sandhafer   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• sea lyme grass   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• Strandgerste   (Source: Mansf Ency )
  
• Strandhafer   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• Strandroggen   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide Dict Gard; Buvisindi 8:41-50. 1994)
  
• Animal food: fodder   (fide Grass USSR)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Iceland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Belgium; Germany; Netherlands
  East Europe: Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part [n.]
  Southwestern Europe: France; Spain [n.w.]

Other:

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. (Grass VarUSA)
• Barkworth, M. E. & R. J. Atkins. 1984. Leymus Hochst. (Gramineae: Triticeae) in North America: taxonomy and distribution. Amer. J. Bot. 71:614.
• Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. (L Noms French ed6)
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Greipsson, S. 1994. Buvisindi. 8:41–50.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. (Mansf Ency)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) [= Elymus arenarius].
• Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:478.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR. (Grass USSR)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Leymus arenarius.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Leymus arenarius. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Elymus arenarius L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 18 accessions)

Check other databases for Leymus arenarius (L.) Hochst.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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