[Grasses East of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]

Wildrye, Wheatgrass & Squirrel-tail Grass East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Elymus

Blue Wildrye, Jepson's Blue Wildrye, Western Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus (Synonyms: Elymus glaucus var. breviaristatus, Elymus glaucus var. glaucus, Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. tenuis) - Blue Wildrye, Jepson's Blue Wildrye, Western Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus (Synonyms: Elymus glaucus var. breviaristatus, Elymus glaucus var. glaucus, Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. tenuis) - Blue Wildrye, Jepson's Blue Wildrye, Western Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus (Synonyms: Elymus glaucus var. breviaristatus, Elymus glaucus var. glaucus, Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. tenuis)

Blue wildrye (Elymus glaucus) as seen in open woods along the High Rock Trail #266 in the northern Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........July 2, 2015.

Baker's Wheatgrass, Baker's Wildrye: Elymus bakeri (Synonyms: Agropyron bakeri, Agropyron trachycaulum var. bakeri, Elymus trachycaulus ssp. bakeri) -

Great Plains Wildrye: Elymus canadensis var. canadensis (Synonyms: Elymus brachystachys, Elymus canadensis var. brachystachys, Elymus canadensis var. hirsutus, Elymus canadensis var. robustus, Elymus crescendus, Elymus philadelphicus, Elymus philadelphicus var. hirsutus, Elymus robustus) -

Longleaf Squirreltail, Squirreltail, Squirreltail Grass: Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius (Synonyms: Elymus elymoides var. brevifolius, Elymus longifolius, Sitanion ciliatum, Sitanion hystrix var. brevifolium, Sitanion longifolium, Sitanion velutinum) -

California Squirreltail, Squirreltail, Squirreltail Grass: Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus (Synonym: Sitanion hystrix var. californicum) -

Squirreltail, Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Bottle-brush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (Synonyms: Elymus cinereum, Elymus sitanion, Sitanion elymoides, Sitanion glabrum, Sitanion hystrix, Sitanion hystrix var. hystrix, Sitanion rigidum) -

Squirreltail, Squirreltail Grass: Elymus elymoides ssp. hordeoides (Synonyms: Elymus hordeoides, Sitanion hordeoides, Sitanion hystrix var. hordeoides) -

Blue Wildrye, Jepson's Blue Wildrye, Western Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus (Synonyms: Elymus glaucus var. breviaristatus, Elymus glaucus var. glaucus, Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. jepsonii, Elymus glaucus var. tenuis) -

Squirreltail Grass: Elymus x hansenii (Synonyms: Elymus glaucus x elymoides or multisetus, xElysitanion hansenii, Sitanion anomalum, Sitanion hanseni, Sitanion hansenii) -

Streambank Whetatgrass, Thickspike Wheatgrass: Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus (Synonyms: Agropyron dasystachyum, Agropyron dasystachyum var. dasystachyum, Agropyron dasystachyum var. riparium, Agropyron lanceolatum, Agropyron riparium, Agropyron subvillosum) -

Great Lakes Wheatgrass, Sand-dune Wheatgrass: Elymus lanceolatus ssp. psammophilus (Synonyms: Agropyron dasystachyum ssp. psammophilum, Agropyron dasystachyum var. psammophilum, Agropyron psammophilum, Elytrigia dasystachya ssp. psammophila, Elytrigia dasystachya var. psammophila) -

Streambank Wheatgrass, Thickspike Wheatgrass: Elymus lanceolatus ssp. riparius (Synonyms: Agropyron dasystachyum var. riparium, Agropyron riparium) -

Big Squirreltail: Elymus multisetus (Synonym: Sitanion jubatum) -

False Quackgrass: Elymus x pseudorepens -

Creeping Wildrye, Quackgrass: Elymus repens (Synonyms: Agropyron caesium, Agropyron repens, Agropyron repens var. subulatum, Elytrigia repens, Elytrigia repens var. repens, Elytrigia repens var. vaillantiana, Elytrigia vaillantiana, Triticum repens, Triticum vaillantianum) -

Sierra Wildrye: Elymus sierrus (Synonyms: Agropyron gmelinii var. pringlei, Agropyron pringlei, Elymus sierrae) - ?

Alpine Bearded Wheatgrass: Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus (Synonyms: Agropyron caninum var. unilaterale, Agropyron subsecundum, Agropyron trachycaulum var. glaucum, Agropyron trachycaulum var. unilaterale) -

Slender Wheatgrass: Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus (Synonyms: Agropyron caninum var. andinum, Agropyron pauciflorum, Agropyron secundum, Agropyron secundum var. andinum, Agropyron tenerum, Agropyron trachycaulum var. trachycaulum, Agropyron violaceum var. andinum) -

Arctic Wheatgrass, Broadglumed Wheatgrass: Elymus violaceus (Synonyms: Agropyrum caninum, Agropyron caninum var. latiglume, Agropyron caninum ssp. majus, Agropyron trachycaulum, Agropyron trachycaulum var. latiglume, Agropyron violaceum, Agropyron violaceum var. violaceum, Elymus alaskanus, Elymus alaskanus ssp. latiglumis) -

Snake River Wheatgrass: Elymus wawawaiensis -

Blue Wildrye, Giant Wildrye, Great Basin Lymegrass: Leymus cinereus (Synonyms: Aneurolepidum piperi, Elymus cinereus, Elymus cinereus var. cinereus, Elymus cinereus var. pubens, Elymus condensatus, Elymus condensatus var. condensatus, Elymus condensatus var. pubens, Elymus piperi) -

Giant Wildrye: Leymus condensatus (Synonyms: Aneurolepidium consdensatum, Elymus condensatus, Elymus condensatus var. condensatus) -

Sand Wildrye, Yellow Wildrye: Leymus flavescens: (Synonyms: Elymus arenicola, Elymus flavescens, Leymus arenicola) -

Hybrid Wildrye: Leymus flavescens x Leymus triticoides -

Beardless Wildrye, Creeping Wildrye: Leymus triticoides (Synonyms: Elymus triticoides, Elymus triticoides var. pubescens, Elymus triticoides var. triticoides) -

Medusahead, Medusahead Wildrye: Taeniatherum caput-medusae (Synonym: Elymus caput-medusae) -


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