[Squirreltail and Wildrye Grasses: The Genus Elymus in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Blue Wildrye, Jepson's Blue Wildrye, Western Wildrye

Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

Synonyms: Elymus glaucus var. breviaristatus, Elymus glaucus var. glaucus, Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. tenuis

Blue Wildrye, Jepson's Blue Wildrye, Western Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus (Synonyms: Elymus glaucus var. breviaristatus, Elymus glaucus var. glaucus, Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. tenuis) - Blue Wildrye, Jepson's Blue Wildrye, Western Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus (Synonyms: Elymus glaucus var. breviaristatus, Elymus glaucus var. glaucus, Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. tenuis) - Blue Wildrye, Jepson's Blue Wildrye, Western Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus (Synonyms: Elymus glaucus var. breviaristatus, Elymus glaucus var. glaucus, Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. tenuis)

Blue wildrye as seen in open woods along the High Rock Trail #266 in the northern Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........July 2, 2015.

Inflorescence of Blue Wildrye, Jepson's Blue Wildrye, Western Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus (Synonyms: Elymus glaucus var. breviaristatus, Elymus glaucus var. glaucus, Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. tenuis)

Close-up of the inflorescence of blue wildrye as seen at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge.......September 19, 2011.

Close-up of the inflorescence of Blue Wildrye, Jepson's Blue Wildrye, Western Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus (Synonyms: Elymus glaucus var. breviaristatus, Elymus glaucus var. glaucus, Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. tenuis)

Close-up of the inflorescence of Blue Wildrye, Jepson's Blue Wildrye, Western Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus (Synonyms: Elymus glaucus var. breviaristatus, Elymus glaucus var. glaucus, Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. tenuis)

Additonal close-ups of the inflorescence of blue wildrye as seen at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge.......September 19, 2011.

Paul Slichter