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Taxon: Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey

Genus: Elymus
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Pooideae tribe: Triticeae.
Nomen number: 102289
Place of publication: Nebraska fl. pl. 15. 1891
Name verified on: 08-Nov-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 20-Nov-2007
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 12 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • bottlebrush squirreltail   (Source: Grass VarUSA )
  • squirreltail   (Source: Intermt F as Sitanion hystrix)

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], British Columbia [s.], Saskatchewan [s.w.]
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Kansas [w.], Nebraska [w.], North Dakota [w.], Oklahoma [w.], South Dakota [w.]
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte
    United States [e.]

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. & D. R. Dewey. 1985. Genomically based genera in the perennial Triticeae of North America: identification and membership. Amer. J. Bot. 72:768.
  • Barkworth, M. E. et al. 1983. New generic concepts in the Triticeae of the Intermountain Region: keys and comments. Great Basin Naturalist 43:562.
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F) [= Sitanion hystrix (Nutt.) J. G. Sm.].
  • Dewey, D. R. 1983. Historical and current taxonomic perspectives of Agropyron, Elymus and related genera. Crop Sci. (Madison) 23:639.
  • 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)
  • Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
  • Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. (F Pacif NW) [= Sitanion hystrix (Nutt.) J. G. Sm.].
  • Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:465. [= E. sitanion Schult.].
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey:

  • 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:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?102289 (22 November 2009)

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