Elymus cinereus Calflora

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Taxon Report

Elymus cinereus Scribn. & Merr.

Great basin wild rye

2020 John Rawlings

2008 Steve Matson

2018 Byron Stone

2009 Keir Morse

Mary Winter

2000 Larry Blakely

2011 Neal Kramer

Elymus cinereus is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California.

also called Leymus cinereus


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Genus:	Elymus
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Leymus cinereus
PLANTS	Leymus cinereus

Information about Elymus cinereus from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LECI4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/28/2023).