PLANTS Profile for Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus (slender wheatgrass)

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Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. subsecundus (Link) Á. Löve & D. Löve
slender wheatgrass

Symbol:

ELTRS

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. subsecundus (Link) Á. Löve & D. Löve

Agropyron subsecundum

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Canada, Saskatchewan. Usage Requirements.

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Synonyms:
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. subsecundus (Link) Á. Löve & D. Löve

	AGCAU	Agropyron caninum (L.) P. Beauv. var. unilaterale (Cassidy) C.L. Hitchc.
	AGLA5	Agropyron laeve (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Hitchc.
	AGPAL	Agropyron parishii Scribn. & J.G. Sm. var. laeve Scribn. & J.G. Sm.
	AGPAL2	Agropyron pauciflorum (Schwein.) Hitchc. ex Silveus ssp. laeve (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould
	AGPAG5	Agropyron pauciflorum (Schwein.) Hitchc. ex Silveus var. glaucum (Pease & A.H. Moore) Taylor
	AGSU	Agropyron subsecundum (Link) Hitchc.
	AGTRC	Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Malte ex H.F. Lewis var. ciliatum (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gleason
	AGTRG	Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Malte ex H.F. Lewis var. glaucum (Pease & A.H. Moore) Malte
	AGTRU	Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Malte ex H.F. Lewis var. unilaterale (Cassidy) Malte
	ELLA4	Elymus laevis (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Hoover
	ELTRG	Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. glaucus (Pease & A.H. Moore) Cody
	ELTRU	Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners var. unilateralis (Cassidy) Beetle

Distribution:
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. subsecundus (Link) Á. Löve & D. Löve


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. subsecundus (Link) Á. Löve & D. Löve

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 72 species in Elymus, 3 subspecies in Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners

Classification:
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. subsecundus (Link) Á. Löve & D. Löve

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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
Subspecies	Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. subsecundus (Link) Á. Löve & D. Löve – slender wheatgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. subsecundus (Link) Á. Löve & D. Löve

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized 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:
slender wheatgrass		Special Concern
New Jersey:
Elymus trachycaulus
slender wheatgrass		Endangered
Ohio:
Elymus trachycaulus
bearded wheat grass		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. subsecundus (Link) Á. Löve & D. Löve

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524040.

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

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 07:14 PM CDT