Leymus Condensatus

Leymus condensatus
Conservation status
Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Leymus
Species:	L. condensatus
Binomial name
Leymus condensatus (J.Presl) Á.Löve
Synonyms
Aneurolepidium condensatum Elymus condensatus

Leymus condensatus, the giant wildrye, is a wild rye grass native to eastern Oregon, California and northern Mexico.

Description

Leymus condensatus also commonly referred to as ^[2]Canyon Prince is a type of wild rye that is part of the Poaceae (Grass Family). It grows in bunches or clumps, a bunch grass, stays green all year, and has a distinctive silver blue foliage. It is drought tolerant, growing in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, the California oak woodlands of southern oak woodland and foothill woodland, and Joshua tree woodlands, rarely in wetlands. It often hybridizes with Leymus triticoides, producing the common hybrid grass Leymus x multiflorus. The plant's leaves and seeds are often consumed by both mammals and birds.

References

External links

• Giant Wild Rye Data Sheet (Leymus Condensatus 'Canyon Prince')
• Jepson Manual Treatment: Leymus condensatus
• USDA Plants Profile: Leymus condensatus
• Grass Manual Treatment: Leymus condensatus
• Leymus condensatus — Photo gallery
• Calflora

Wikidata ☰ Q6538092 entry

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