[Grasses of Mount Adams Country]

Bluebunch Wheatgrass

Pseudoroegneria spicata

Synonyms: Agropyron inerme, Agropyron spicatum, Agropyron spicatum var. inerme, Agropyron spicatum var. pubescens, Agropyron spicatum var. spicatum, Agropyron vaseyi, Elymus spicatus, Elytrigia spicata, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata, Roegneria spicata

Inflorescence of Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata (Synonyms: Agropyron inerme, Agropyron spicatum, Agropyron spicatum var. inerme, Agropyron spicatum var. pubescens, Agropyron spicatum var. spicatum, Agropyron vaseyi, Elymus spicatus, Elytrigia spicata, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata, Roegneria spicata) - Stem leaf of Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata (Synonyms: Agropyron inerme, Agropyron spicatum, Agropyron spicatum var. inerme, Agropyron spicatum var. pubescens, Agropyron spicatum var. spicatum, Agropyron vaseyi, Elymus spicatus, Elytrigia spicata, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata, Roegneria spicata) - Inflorescence of Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata (Synonyms: Agropyron inerme, Agropyron spicatum, Agropyron spicatum var. inerme, Agropyron spicatum var. pubescens, Agropyron spicatum var. spicatum, Agropyron vaseyi, Elymus spicatus, Elytrigia spicata, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata, Roegneria spicata)

Bluebunch wheatgrass as seen on the south-facing slopes of the Ridge of Wonders at about 5560' at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams............July 30, 2005.

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata (Synonyms: Agropyron inerme, Agropyron spicatum, Agropyron spicatum var. inerme, Agropyron spicatum var. pubescens, Agropyron spicatum var. spicatum, Agropyron vaseyi, Elymus spicatus, Elytrigia spicata, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata, Roegneria spicata)

The photo above shows the long awn of the seed of bluebunch wheatgrass ? as seen along Road #82 at the trailhead for the Pineway Trail #71...........August 25, 2005. The awns of this species may be absent or long and turned stongly laterally from the axis of the seed.

Inflorescence of Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata (Synonyms: Agropyron inerme, Agropyron spicatum, Agropyron spicatum var. inerme, Agropyron spicatum var. pubescens, Agropyron spicatum var. spicatum, Agropyron vaseyi, Elymus spicatus, Elytrigia spicata, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata, Roegneria spicata)

Inflorescence of bluebunch wheatgrass observed on the east side of Canyon Creek, Klickitat Wildlife Area.....July 3, 2022.
Paul Slichter