[Wildryes: The Genus Leymus East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Basin Wildrye, Great Basin Lymegrass

Leymus cinereus

Synonyms: Aneurolepidum piperi, Elymus cinereus, Elymus cinereus var. pubens, Elymus condensatus var. pubens, Elymus piperi

Basin Wildrye, Great Basin Lymegrass: Leymus cinereus (Synonyms: Aneurolepidum piperi, Elymus cinereus, Elymus cinereus var. pubens, Elymus condensatus var. pubens, Elymus piperi)

Basin wildrye as seen at Rimrock Lake in Moses Coulee, north-central Washington........June 7, 2009.

Leaf joint of Basin Wildrye, Great Basin Lymegrass: Leymus cinereus (Synonyms: Aneurolepidum piperi, Elymus cinereus, Elymus cinereus var. pubens, Elymus condensatus var. pubens, Elymus piperi) - Inflorescence of Basin Wildrye, Great Basin Lymegrass: Leymus cinereus (Synonyms: Aneurolepidum piperi, Elymus cinereus, Elymus cinereus var. pubens, Elymus condensatus var. pubens, Elymus piperi)

Leaf joint and inflorescence of basin wildrye as seen at Rimrock Lake in Moses Coulee, north-central Washington........June 7, 2009.

Basin Wildrye, Great Basin Lymegrass: Leymus cinereus (Synonyms: Aneurolepidum piperi, Elymus cinereus, Elymus cinereus var. pubens, Elymus condensatus var. pubens, Elymus piperi)

Basin wild rye as seen along the Little Spokane River in a field next to the Painted Rocks........June 19, 2009.

Paul Slichter