OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Elymus virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Elymus virginicus var. virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Elymus virginicus var. virginicus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Elymus virginicus var. virginicus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-25-002:

Elymus virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Elymus striatus

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Elymus virginicus var. virginicus

 

COMMON NAME:
Virginia Wild-rye, Common Eastern Wild-rye, Terrell Grass


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image of Elymus virginicus, Virginia Wild-rye, Common Eastern Wild-rye, Terrell Grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_elst5_001_lvd

        

image of Elymus virginicus, Virginia Wild-rye, Common Eastern Wild-rye, Terrell Grass

JK Marlow    jkm070528_078

May    Laurens County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

image of Elymus virginicus, Virginia Wild-rye, Common Eastern Wild-rye, Terrell Grass

JK Marlow    jkm190614_9152

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Elymus virginicus, Virginia Wild-rye, Common Eastern Wild-rye, Terrell Grass

JK Marlow    jkm190614_9154

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Elymus virginicus, Virginia Wild-rye, Common Eastern Wild-rye, Terrell Grass

JK Marlow    jkm190614_9182

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Culms usually 7-10dm tall, with 6-8 nodes; blades 3-15mm wide, flat, per Weakley's Flora (2018).

image of Elymus virginicus, Virginia Wild-rye, Common Eastern Wild-rye, Terrell Grass

JK Marlow    jkm060704_046

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

The "bow-legged" glumes are a good mark of recognition, per How to Know the Grasses: Pictured Key Nature Series (Pohl, 1954).

image of Elymus virginicus, Virginia Wild-rye, Common Eastern Wild-rye, Terrell Grass

JK Marlow    jkm060729_035

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside/creekside

image of Elymus virginicus, Virginia Wild-rye, Common Eastern Wild-rye, Terrell Grass

JK Marlow    jkm0509g_19

September    Cabarrus County    NC

Suther Prairie

Can be confused with Secale cereale which often nods but has longer bristles, per Grasses, an Identification Guide (Brown, 1979).

image of Elymus virginicus, Virginia Wild-rye, Common Eastern Wild-rye, Terrell Grass

JK Marlow    jkm0411f_22

November    York County    SC

Blackjacks Heritage Preserve

Elymus species' spikelets are sessile, usually in 2s, alternating on spike, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE seedheads of Bottlebrush Grass, Cereal Rye, Little Barley, and Virginia Wild-rye

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Elymus virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Elymus virginicus var. virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Elymus virginicus var. virginicus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Elymus virginicus var. virginicus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-25-002:
Elymus virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Elymus striatus

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Elymus virginicus var. virginicus

 

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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], with short rhizomes

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain

 

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