Leymus cinereus Calflora

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Taxon Report

Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) Á. Löve

(not an active name)

Basin wildrye, Giant wild rye, Gray wild rye, Great basin wild rye

2000 Larry Blakely

2005 Steve Matson

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

also called Elymus cinereus


	Plant Range Observation Search ~790 records in California Plant Characteristics

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

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

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Aneurolepidium piperi
PLANTS	Elymus cinereus var. pubens
PLANTS	Elymus cinereus
PLANTS	Elymus condensatus var. pubens
PLANTS	Elymus piperi
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Information about Leymus cinereus from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (LECI4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/19/2024).