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Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners
slender wheatgrass

       
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Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners

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Distribution:
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners

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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 72 species in Elymus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. subsecundus (Link) Á. Löve & D. Löve. . Image Available.
Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus
slender wheatgrass
Distribution of Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. trachycaulus. . Image Available.
Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus
slender wheatgrass
Distribution of Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. virescens (Lange) Á. Löve & D. Löve. .
Elymus trachycaulus ssp. virescens
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Classification:
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners

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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 trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners – slender wheatgrass
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Connecticut:
Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus
slender wheatgrass              Special Concern
Maryland:
Agropyron trachycaulum [=ELTRT]
rough-stemmed wheatgrass              Endangered, Extirpated
New Jersey:
slender wheatgrass              Endangered
Ohio:
bearded wheat grass              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners

Agropyron trachycaulum [=ELTRT]:

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
FACU,FAC FACU FAC FAC FACU FACU FAC- FAC FACU FAC NI* FACU NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners

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 502282.

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).

View 4 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners

Canada-Rangeland Ecosystems & Plants (University of Saskatchewan)

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ND-North Dakota and Minnesota Range Plants

OH-Seed Identification (Ohio State University)

UT-Range Plants of Utah

 
 
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