Elymus (genus)

Elymus
Elymus canadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Tribe:	Triticeae
Genus:	Elymus L.
Species
150 - See text
Synonyms[1]
Hystrix Moench

Elymus is a genus of perennial grasses in the tribe Triticeae, which contains many of the main cereal grains. Plants of this genus are known generally as wildrye or wheatgrass. There are at least 150 species in this genus.

Selected species

• Elymus alaskanus - Alaskan wheatgrass
• Elymus albicans - Montana wheatgrass
• Elymus alopex
• Elymus californicus - California bottlebrush grass
• Elymus canadensis - Canada wildrye
• Elymus cinereus - Giant wild rye, Basin wildrye
• Elymus elymoides - squirreltail
• Elymus glaucus - blue wildrye
• Elymus hirsutus - northern ryegrass
• Elymus hoffmannii - RS wheatgrass
• Elymus hystrix - eastern bottlebrush grass
• Elymus lanceolatus - thickspike wheatgrass
• Elymus macrourus - tufted wheatgrass
• Elymus magellanicus - Magellan wheatgrass
• Elymus mollis - American dunegrass, dune wildrye
• Elymus multisetus - big squirrelgrass
• Elymus repens (syn. Elytrigia repens) - quackgrass, couchgrass
• Elymus scribneri - spreading wheatgrass
• Elymus sibericus - Siberian ryegrass
• Elymus sierrae - Sierra wildrye
• Elymus stebbinsii - Parish wheatgrass
• Elymus trachycaulus - slender wheatgrass
• Elymus virginicus - Virginia wildrye
• Elymus wawawaiensis - Snake River wheatgrass

References

External links

Wikispecies has information related to: The genus Elymus

• USDA Plants Profile
• Jepson Manual Treatment
• Factsheet from The Intermountain Herbarium - Utah State University