Leymus triticoides
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|genus = Leymus
|species = triticoides
|synonyms = Elymus triticoides Buckley
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Leymus triticoides, with the common names creeping wild rye and beardless wild rye, is a species of wild rye. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and Texas.
Habitat
Leymus triticoides often grows in moist habitat, sometimes with heavy and saline soils. It forms a solid root system which allows it to grow at water's edge and prevent the soil from eroding.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hastingsreserve.org/nativegrass/natives.html |title=Native Perennial Grasses of Hastings Preserve |access-date=2009-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421080949/http://www.hastingsreserve.org/nativegrass/Natives.html |archive-date=2009-04-21 |url-status=dead }}
Description
This rhizomatous, turf-forming perennial grass reaches 1.3 meters in maximum height. The stiff, slender green to blue-green leaves stand away from the stems at an obvious angle. The inflorescence is a narrow spike of flowers up to 20 centimeters long.
This is a good rangeland grass for grazing, and it is used to stabilize waterways because of its soil-retaining rhizome network.[http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_letr5.pdf USDA Plant Guide]
Leymus triticoides is an important native plant in California chaparral and woodlands habitat restoration projects.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9085,9092 Jepson Manual Treatment - Leymus triticoides]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LETR5 USDA Plants Profile: Leymus triticoides]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Leymus+triticoides Leymus triticoides - Photo gallery]
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Category:Grasses of the United States
Category:Native grasses of California
Category:Native grasses of Texas
Category:Flora of Northeastern Mexico
Category:Flora of Northwestern Mexico
Category:Flora of Washington (state)
Category:Flora of the Cascade Range
Category:Flora of the Great Basin
Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
Category:Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Category:Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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