Taxon: Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J. G. Sm.) Gould subsp. lanceolatus

See other conspecific taxa:

• Elymus lanceolatus (29 accessions)
• Elymus lanceolatus subsp. psammophilus (4 accessions)
• Elymus lanceolatus subsp. riparius (no accessions)

Common names:

• northern wheatgrass   (Source: Food Feed Crops US )
  
• thick-spike wheatgrass   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; lawn/turf; revegetator   (fide Grass VarUSA)
  
• Animal food: fodder; forage   (fide AH 170; Food Feed Crops US)
  

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

References:

• 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 43:567.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F) [= Agropyron dasystachyum].
• 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)
• Hanson, A. A. 1972. Grass varieties in the United States. (AH 170) [= Agropyron riparium].
• 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)
• 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)

Synonyms:

• (=) Agropyron dasystachyum (Hook.) Scribn.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Agropyron elmeri Scribn.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Agropyron lanceolatum Scribn. & J. G. Sm. (basionym)
  
• (=) Elytrigia dasystachya (Hook.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
  (previously associated with 12 accessions)
• (=) Triticum repens var. dasystachyum Hook.
  

Check other databases for Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J. G. Sm.) Gould subsp. lanceolatus:

• 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
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images:

• Florets: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Spikelets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• 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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