Leymus arenarius

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Lyme Grass

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Leymus
Species: L. arenarius
Binomial name
Leymus arenarius
(L.) Hochst.

Leymus arenarius (L.) Hochst. (syn. Elymus arenarius L.) is a psammophylic (sand-loving) species of grass in the Poaceae family, native to Atlantic, Central and Northern Europe.