PLANTS Profile for Thinopyrum ponticum (tall wheatgrass)

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Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C. Wang
tall wheatgrass

Symbol:

THPO7

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I


Common Names:
	rush wheatgrass

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Photo of Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C. Wang

Agropyron elongatum

Joseph F. Pechanec. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from US Forest Service. United States, ID, Dubois. Usage Requirements.

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Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C. Wang

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Synonyms:
Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C. Wang

AGEL3	Agropyron elongatum (Host) P. Beauv.
AGVA80	Agropyron varnense (Velen.) Hayek
ELEL8	Elymus elongatus (Host) Runemark
ELELP	Elymus elongatus (Host) Runemark var. ponticus (Podp.) Dorn
ELVA2	Elymus varnensis (Velen.) Runemark
ELEL6	Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski
ELPO	Elytrigia pontica (Podp.) Holub
ELPOP2	Elytrigia pontica (Podp.) Holub ssp. pontica	tall wheatgrass
LOEL2	Lophopyrum elongatum (Host) A. Löve

Distribution:
Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C. Wang


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, KS, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SC, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NB, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C. Wang

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Thinopyrum

Classification:
Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C. Wang

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Thinopyrum A. Löve – wheatgrass
Species	Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C. Wang – tall wheatgrass

Introduced Information:
Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C. Wang

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C. Wang

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 522542.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Related Web Sites:
Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C. Wang

Canada-Saskatchewan-Tall Wheatgrass Windbreaks

Crop Science

Journal for Range Management

MT-Montana State University Extension

New Zealand-NZ Journal of Agricultural Research

Purdue University, Center for New Crops & Plants Products: abstract & bibliography

UT-USU Agricultural Experiment Station

Time Generated: 01/17/2009 01:12 PM MST