[Grasses East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Wildryes East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Leymus

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

A small population of blue wildrye as seen at left at Horsethief Butte in the eastern Columbia River Gorge........June 3, 2009. The photo at right shows blue wildrye along the east bank of the Deschutes River about two miles south of its mouth.......January 24, 2020.

Great Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus (Synonyms: Elymus cinereus, Elymus cinereus var. cinereus, Elymus cinereus var. pubens)

Giant Wildrye: Leymus condensatus (Synonyms: Elymus condensatus, Elymus condensatus var. condensatus)

Yellow Wildrye: Leymus flavescens (Synonyms: Elymus arenicola, Elymus flavescens)

Hybrid Yellow Wildrye: Leymus flavescens x Leymus triticoides

Mammoth Wildrye: Leymus racemosus

Beardless Wildrye: Leymus triticoides (Synonyms: Elymus triticoides, Elymus triticoides var. pubescens, Elymus triticoides var. triticoides)

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