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

Squirreltail Grasses and Wildrye Grasses West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Elymus

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)

Great Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

Montana Wild Rye: Elymus albicans (Synonyms: Agropyron albicans, Agropyron albicans var. griffithii, Agropyron dasystachyum ssp. albicans, Agropyron griffithii, Elymus albicans var. griffithii, Elymus griffithii, Elymus lanceolatus ssp. albicans, Elytrigia dasystachya ssp. albicans, Roegneria albicans)

Baker's Wheatgrass, Baker's Wildrye: Elymus bakeri (Synonyms: Agropyron bakeri, Agropyron trachycaulum var. bakeri, Elymus trachycaulus ssp. bakeri)

Canada Wildrye, Canadian Wild Rye, Great Plains Wildrye, Nodding Wild Rye: Elymus canadensis var. canadensis (Synonyms: Elymus brachystachys, Elymus canadensis var. brachystachys, Elymus canadensis var. glacuifolius, Elymus canadensis var. hirsutus, Elymus canadensis var. robustus, Elymus crescendus, Elymus philadelphicus, Elymus philadelphicus var. hirsutus, Elymus robustus)

Wildrye: Elymus ciliaris (Synonyms: Agropyron caninum, Agropyron caninum ssp. caninum)

Longleaf Squirreltail, Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius (Synonyms: Elymus elymoides var. brevifolius, Elymus longifolius, Sitanion ciliatum, Sitanion hystrix var. brevifolilum, Sitanion longifolium, Sitanion velutinum)

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)

Barley Squirreltail, Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. hordeoides (Synonyms: Elymus hordeoides, Sitanion hordeoides, Sitanion hystrix var. hordeoides)

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

Blue Wildrye, Coastal Blue Wildrye, Wild Ryegrass: Elymus glaucus ssp. virescens (Synonyms: Elymus glaucus var. breviaristatus, Elymus glaucus var. virescens, Elymus virescens)

Hansen's Squirreltail: Elymus xhansenii (Synonyms: xElysitanion hansenii, Sitanion anomalum, Sitanion hansenii)

Boreal Wild Rye, Hairy Wildrye, Northern Ryegrass, Northwestern Wildrye: Elymus hirsutus

Streambank Wheatgrass, Stream Bank Wheatgrass, Thickspike Wheatgrass: Elymus lanceolatus ssp. riparius (Synonyms: Agropyron dasystachyum var. riparium, Agropyron riparium, Elytrigia riparia)

Big Squirreltail: Elymus multisetus (Synonym: Sitanion jubatum)

Creeping Wildrye, Quackgrass: Elymus repens (Synonyms: Agropyron repens, Agropyron repens var. subulatum, Agropyron vaillantianum, Elytrigia repens, Elytrigia repens var. vaillantiana, Elytrigia vaillantiana, Triticum repens, Triticum vaillantianum)

Bearded Wheatgrass, Slender Wheatgrass: Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus (Synonyms: Agropyron xbrevifolium, Agorpyron caninum ssp. majus, Agropyron caninum var. andinum, Agropyron caninum var. majus, Agropyron pauciflorum ssp. majus, Agropyron pauciflorum ssp. novae-angliae, Agropyron pauciflorum ssp. teslinense, Agorpyron pauciflourm var. novae-angliae, Agropyron tenerum, Agropyron teslinese, Agropyron trachycaulum var. majus, Agropyron trachycaulum var. novae-angliae, Agropyron trachycaulum var. trachycaulum, Agropyron violaceum var. andinum, Elymus pauciflorus, Elymus trachycaulus ssp. novae-angliae, Elymus trachycaulus ssp. teslinensis, Elymus trachycaulus var. majus, Roegneria pauciflora)

Tsukushi Wildrye: Elymus tsukushiensis (Synonyms: Agropyron caninum, Agropyron caninum ssp. caninum, Agropyron tsukushiense, Elymus caninus, Elymus tsukushiensis var. tsukushiensis)

Arctic Wheatgrass, Bearded Wheatgrass, Broadglumed Wheatgrass: Elymus violaceus (Synonyms: Agropyron caninum var. hornemannii, Agropyron caninum var. latiglume, Agropyron trachycaulum var. latiglume, Agropyron violaceum, Agropyron violaceum var. alboviride, Elymus alaskanus ssp. latiglumis, Elymus trachycaulus ssp. latiglumis, Elymus trachycaulus ssp. violaceus, Elymus trachycaulus var. latiglumis, Roegneria violacea)

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)

Sand Lyme Grass, Sand Wildrye, Yellow Wildrye: Leymus flavescens: (Synonyms: Elymus arenicola, Elymus flavescens, Leymus arenicola)

American Dunegrass, Dune Wildrye, Yellow Ryegrass: Leymus mollis ssp. mollis (Synonyms: Elymus arenarius var. villosus, Elymus capitatus, Elymus mollis, Elymus mollis ssp. mollis)

Beardless Lyme Grass, Beardless Wildrye, Creeping Wildrye: Leymus triticoides (Synonyms: Elymus condensatus var. triticoides, Elymus orcuttianus, Elymus triticoides, Elymus triticoides var. pubescens, Elymus triticoides var. triticoides)

Vancouver Wildrye: Leymus xvancouverensis (Synonym:s Elymus vancouverensis, Elymus vancouverensis var. californicus, Elymus vancouverensis var. crescentianus)

Medusahead, Medusahead Wildrye: Taeniatherum caput-medusae (Synonyms: Elymus caput-medusae, Taeniatherum asperum)


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