PLANTS Profile for Elymus elymoides (squirreltail)

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PLANTS Profile

Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey
squirreltail

Symbol:

ELEL5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey

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Distribution:
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, DC, ID, IL, KS, KY, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey

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

Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius
squirreltail

Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus
squirreltail

Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides
squirreltail

Elymus elymoides ssp. hordeoides
squirreltail

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey

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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 elymoides (Raf.) Swezey – squirreltail

Wetland Indicator Status:
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey

Sitanion hystrix [=ELELE]:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

FACU

FACU-

UPL

FACU-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 502264.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 08/30/2009 04:03 PM MDT