Elymus (genus)
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Elymus is a genus of perennial grasses in the tribe which contains many of the main cereal grains. Plants of this genus are known generally as wild rye or wheatgrass. There are at least 150 species in this genus.
Selected species
- Elymus alaskanus - Alaskan wheatgrass
- Elymus albicans - Montana wheatgrass
- Elymus californicus - California bottlebrush grass
- Elymus canadensis - Canada wild rye
- Elymus cinereus - Giant wild rye, Basin wild rye
- Elymus elymoides - squirreltail
- Elymus glaucus - blue wild rye
- Elymus hirsutus - northern ryegrass
- Elymus hystrix - eastern bottlebrush grass
- Elymus macrourus - tufted wheatgrass
- Elymus mollis - American dunegrass, dune wild rye
- Elymus multisetus - big squirrelgrass
- Elymus repens syn. Elytrigia repens - quackgrass, couchgrass
- Elymus sibericus - Siberian ryegrass
- Elymus trachycaulus - slender wheatgrass
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