PLANTS Profile for Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius (squirreltail)

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PLANTS Profile

Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. brevifolius (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth
squirreltail

Symbol:

ELELB2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. brevifolius (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth

Elymus longifolius

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Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. brevifolius (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth

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Synonyms:
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. brevifolius (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth

	ELELB	Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey var. brevifolius (J.G. Sm.) Dorn
	ELLO3	Elymus longifolius (J.G. Sm.) Gould
	SIHYB	Sitanion hystrix (Nutt.) J.G. Sm. var. brevifolium (J.G. Sm.) C.L. Hitchc.
	SILO7	Sitanion longifolium J.G. Sm.
	SIVE4	Sitanion velutinum Piper

Distribution:
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. brevifolius (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth


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Related Taxa:
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. brevifolius (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 68 species in Elymus, 4 subspecies in Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey

Classification:
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. brevifolius (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Elymus L. – wildrye
Species	Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey – squirreltail
Subspecies	Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. brevifolius (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth – squirreltail

More Accounts and Images:
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. brevifolius (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 525111.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 02/11/2009 02:01 AM MST