PLANTS Profile for Elymus macrourus (tufted wheatgrass)

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Elymus macrourus (Turcz.) Tzvelev
tufted wheatgrass

Symbol:

ELMA7

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

AK		N
CAN		N

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Elymus macrourus (Turcz.) Tzvelev

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Synonyms:
Elymus macrourus (Turcz.) Tzvelev

	AGDAS	Agropyron dasystachyum (Hook.) Scribn. & J.G. Sm. var. sericeum (Hitchc.) B. Boivin
	AGMA	Agropyron macrourum (Turcz.) Drobow
	AGSE4	Agropyron sericeum Hitchc.
	TRMA12	Triticum macrourum Turcz.

Distribution:
Elymus macrourus (Turcz.) Tzvelev


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USA (AK), CAN (NT, YT)

Related Taxa:
Elymus macrourus (Turcz.) Tzvelev

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 68 species in Elymus

Classification:
Elymus macrourus (Turcz.) Tzvelev

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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 macrourus (Turcz.) Tzvelev – tufted wheatgrass

Wetland Indicator Status:
Elymus macrourus (Turcz.) Tzvelev

Agropyron macrourum:

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Elymus macrourus (Turcz.) Tzvelev

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502269.

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 05:22 AM MST