Plants Profile for Elymus lanceolatus lanceolatus (thickspike wheatgrass)

Image of Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus

General Information
Symbol:	ELLAL
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N
Characteristics
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Russian Federation, Moscow. Usage Requirements.

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Sweden. Usage Requirements.

Sheri Hagwood. USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM). United States, ID, Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Resource Area. May 18, 2007. Usage Requirements.

Cassondra Skinner. Provided by USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM). United States, ID, Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Resource Area. May 18, 2007. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 284. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
AGDA	Agropyron dasystachyum (Hook.) Scribn. & J.G. Sm.
AGDAR3	Agropyron dasystachyum (Hook.) Scribn. & J.G. Sm. var. riparium (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Bowden
AGDAR	Agropyron dasystachyum (Hook.) Scribn. & J.G. Sm. var. riparum (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Bowden, orth. var.
AGEL2	Agropyron elmeri Scribn.
AGLA4	Agropyron lanceolatum Scribn. & J.G. Sm.
AGRI5	Agropyron riparium Scribn. & J.G. Sm.
AGRI3	Agropyron riparum Scribn. & J.G. Sm., orth. var.
ELLAR	Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould var. riparius (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Dorn
ELSU5	Elymus subvillosus (Hook.) Gould
ELDA5	Elytrigia dasystachya (Hook.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
ELRI3	Elytrigia ripara (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Beetle, orth. var.
ELRI4	Elytrigia riparia (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Beetle

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family
Genus	Elymus L. – wildrye
Species	Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould – thickspike wheatgrass
Subspecies	Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould ssp. lanceolatus – thickspike wheatgrass

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Wetland Status

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