PLANTS Profile for Elymus lanceolatus (thickspike wheatgrass)

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Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould
thickspike wheatgrass

Symbol:

ELLA3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould

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Distribution:
Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, IL, MI, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 68 species in Elymus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus
thickspike wheatgrass

Elymus lanceolatus ssp. psammophilus
Great Lakes wheatgrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould

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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	Elymus L. – wildrye
Species	Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould – thickspike wheatgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould

The related entity italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Wisconsin:
Elymus lanceolatus ssp. psammophilus
thickspike		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould

Agropyron dasystachyum [=ELLAL]:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC

FACU-

FAC

UPL

FACU-

NI*

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 502267.

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

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 03:43 AM MDT