Taxon: Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) Á. Löve

Common names:

• giant wild rye   (Source: Food Feed Crops US )
  
• giant-ryegrass   (Source: Websters Dict as Elymus condensatus)
  

Economic importance:

• Animal food: potential as forage   (fide AH 170)
  

More:

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
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [s.w. & w.-c.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte [n.w.]

References:

• Barkworth, M. E. & R. J. Atkins. 1984. Leymus Hochst. (Gramineae: Triticeae) in North America: taxonomy and distribution. Amer. J. Bot. 71:618.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Hanson, A. A. 1972. Grass varieties in the United States. (AH 170) [= Elymus].
• 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. 95:483.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict) [= Elymus condensatus].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Leymus condensatus.

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

Synonyms:

• (≡) Elymus condensatus J. Presl (basionym)
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other databases for Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) Á. Löve:

• 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:

• Florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Inflorescence: 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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