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

Common names:

• basin wild rye   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Great Basin wild rye   (Source: F Utah ed2 ) – English
  
• askråg   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: boundary/barrier/support   (fide Grass VarUSA)
  
• Environmental: revegetator   (fide Grass VarUSA)
  
• Environmental: wildlife habitat   (fide Grass VarUSA)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide Grass VarUSA; NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat   (fide Wild Crop Rel Cer 2:78. 2011)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  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

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed.
• 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.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Hanson, A. A. 1972. Grass varieties in the United States. [= Elymus cinereus Scribner & Merr.].
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• 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.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. [= Elymus cinereus Scribner & Merr.].
• Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:423.
• Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, cereals. 77–108.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. [= Elymus cinereus Scribner & Merr.].
• Yen, C. et al. 2009. Synopsis of Leymus Hochst. (Triticeae: Poaceae). J. Syst. Evol. 47:77.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Leymus cinereus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Leymus cinereus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Leymus cinereus.

Synonyms:

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

Check other web resources for Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) Á. Löve:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• 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.

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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