PLANTS Profile for Leymus mollis ssp. mollis (American dunegrass)

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Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg. ssp. mollis
American dunegrass

Symbol:

LEMOM2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg. ssp. mollis

Elymus mollis

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg. ssp. mollis

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Synonyms:
Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg. ssp. mollis

	ELARM	Elymus arenarius L. ssp. mollis (Trin.) Hultén
	ELARS2	Elymus arenarius L. var. scabrinervis (Bowden) B. Boivin
	ELARV4	Elymus arenarius L. var. villosus E. Mey.
	ELCA12	Elymus capitatus Scribn.
	ELMO9	Elymus mollis Trin.
	LEARM	Leymus arenarius (L.) Hochst. ssp. mollis (Trin.) Tzvelev

Distribution:
Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg. ssp. mollis


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USA (AK, CA, IL, MA, ME, MI, NH, OR, PA, WA, WI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg. ssp. mollis

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 24 species in Leymus, 2 subspecies in Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg.

Classification:
Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg. ssp. mollis

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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	Leymus Hochst. – wildrye
Species	Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg. – American dunegrass
Subspecies	Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg. ssp. mollis – American dunegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg. ssp. mollis

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.

Massachusetts:
Leymus mollis
sea lyme-grass		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg. ssp. mollis

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524229.

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: 01/04/2013 01:05 AM CST