[Wildrye, Wheatgrass & Squirel-tail Grasses: The Genus Elymus West of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]

Squirreltail Grass, Bottlebrush Squirreltail

Elymus elymoides

Synonyms: Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus, Elymus sitanion, Sitanion cinereum, Sitanion elymoides, Sitanion glabrum, Sitanion hystrix var. californicum, Sitanion hystrix var. hystrix, Sitanion rigidum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail, California Squirreltail, Common Squirreltail, Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (Synonyms: Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus, Elymus sitanion, Sitanion cinereum, Sitanion elymoides, Sitanion glabrum, Sitanion hystrix var. californicum, Sitanion hystrix var. hystrix, Sitanion rigidum)

Bottlebrush squirreltail as seen in lithosol soils along the old highway to the west of Fishtrap Lake in eastern Washington.......June 2, 2008.

Bottlebrush Squirreltail, California Squirreltail, Common Squirreltail, Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (Synonyms: Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus, Elymus sitanion, Sitanion cinereum, Sitanion elymoides, Sitanion glabrum, Sitanion hystrix var. californicum, Sitanion hystrix var. hystrix, Sitanion rigidum)

Bottlebrush squirreltail as seen along Forest Road #16 in Logan Valley, Malheur National Forest.......July 3, 2010.

Bottlebrush Squirreltail, California Squirreltail, Common Squirreltail, Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (Synonyms: Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus, Elymus sitanion, Sitanion cinereum, Sitanion elymoides, Sitanion glabrum, Sitanion hystrix var. californicum, Sitanion hystrix var. hystrix, Sitanion rigidum) - Close-up of the inflorescence of Bottlebrush Squirreltail, California Squirreltail, Common Squirreltail, Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (Synonyms: Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus, Elymus sitanion, Sitanion cinereum, Sitanion elymoides, Sitanion glabrum, Sitanion hystrix var. californicum, Sitanion hystrix var. hystrix, Sitanion rigidum) - Bottlebrush Squirreltail, California Squirreltail, Common Squirreltail, Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (Synonyms: Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus, Elymus sitanion, Sitanion cinereum, Sitanion elymoides, Sitanion glabrum, Sitanion hystrix var. californicum, Sitanion hystrix var. hystrix, Sitanion rigidum)

Bottlebrush Squirreltail, California Squirreltail, Common Squirreltail, Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (Synonyms: Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus, Elymus sitanion, Sitanion cinereum, Sitanion elymoides, Sitanion glabrum, Sitanion hystrix var. californicum, Sitanion hystrix var. hystrix, Sitanion rigidum)

Additional images of bottlebrush squirreltail as seen at about 7850' above Jackman Park along the North Loop Road, Steens Mountain........August 31, 2011.


Bottlebrush Squirreltail, California Squirreltail, Common Squirreltail, Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (Synonyms: Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus, Elymus sitanion, Sitanion cinereum, Sitanion elymoides, Sitanion glabrum, Sitanion hystrix var. californicum, Sitanion hystrix var. hystrix, Sitanion rigidum) - Bottlebrush Squirreltail, California Squirreltail, Common Squirreltail, Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (Synonyms: Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus, Elymus sitanion, Sitanion cinereum, Sitanion elymoides, Sitanion glabrum, Sitanion hystrix var. californicum, Sitanion hystrix var. hystrix, Sitanion rigidum)

Bottlebrush squirreltail as seen at about 7800' atop Table Rock, Monument Rock Wilderness.........August 2, 2011.

Paul Slichter