[The Grasses of Mt. Adams]
Bluebunch Wheatgrass

Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis

formerly Agropyron spicatum

The photos shown on this page show 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.

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.

Paul Slichter