PLANTS Profile for Elymus hystrix var. hystrix (eastern bottlebrush grass)

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PLANTS Profile

Elymus hystrix L. var. hystrix
eastern bottlebrush grass

Symbol:

ELHYH

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Hystrix patula

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Elymus hystrix L. var. hystrix

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Synonyms:
Elymus hystrix L. var. hystrix

	HYHY2	Hystrix hystrix (L.) Millsp.
	HYPA3	Hystrix patula Moench

Distribution:
Elymus hystrix L. var. hystrix


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Elymus hystrix L. var. hystrix

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 72 species in Elymus, 2 varieties in Elymus hystrix L.

Classification:
Elymus hystrix L. var. hystrix

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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 hystrix L. – eastern bottlebrush grass
Variety	Elymus hystrix L. var. hystrix – eastern bottlebrush grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Elymus hystrix L. var. hystrix

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.

Maine:
Elymus hystrix
bottlebrush grass		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Elymus hystrix L. var. hystrix

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527866.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

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

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 12:47 PM CDT