Taxon: Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) Á. Löve

Common names:

• basin wild rye   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• Great Basin wild rye   (Source: F Utah ed2 )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: boundary/barrier/support; revegetator; wildlife habitat   (fide Grass VarUSA; NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide Grass VarUSA; NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002)
  

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
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], British Columbia [s.e.], Saskatchewan [s.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Nebraska [n.w. & n.e.]
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [w.], Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [n.w.], California, Nevada, Utah

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. 71:619.
• 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. 1972. Grass varieties in the United States. (AH 170) [= Elymus cinereus Scribner & Merr.].
• 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)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains) [= Elymus cinereus Scribner & Merr.].
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2) [= Elymus cinereus Scribner & Merr.].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Leymus cinereus.

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

Synonyms:

• (≡) Elymus cinereus Scribn. & Merr. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) 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:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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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