Taxon: Leymus triticoides (Buckley) Pilg.

Common names:

• beardless wild rye   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• creeping wild rye   (Source: F Utah ed2 )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; revegetator   (fide Grass VarUSA)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide Grass VarUSA)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia [s.]
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [w.], Idaho, Montana [w.?], Oregon, Washington, Wyoming [w.]
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [w.], Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte [n.]

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. 71:618.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex) [= Elymus triticoides Buckley].
• 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)
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. (Mansf Ency)
• Hanson, A. A. 1994. Grass varieties in the United States. (AH 170)
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:482.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2) [= Elymus triticoides Buckley].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Leymus triticoides.

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

Synonyms:

• (≡) Elymus triticoides Buckley (basionym)
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other databases for Leymus triticoides (Buckley) Pilg.:

• 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
• 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.

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• 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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