Taxon: Elymus virginicus L.

Common names:

• Virginia wild rye   (Source: Grass US )
  
• élyme de Virginie   (Source: F NAmer ) [French]
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; revegetator; shade/shelter   (for riparian areas and prairies fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 1999)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide F Missouri; NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec [s.]
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], British Columbia [s.e.], Manitoba [s.], Saskatchewan [s.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Montana, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida [n.], Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, Utah [n.]

References:

• Brummitt, R. K. 2005. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 57. Taxon 54:1094. [proposal not recommended].
• Campbell, J. J. N. 1996. (1209) Proposal to conserve the name Elymus virginicus (Poaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 45:128–129.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
• Dewey, D. R. 1983. Historical and current taxonomic perspectives of Agropyron, Elymus and related genera. Crop Sci. (Madison) 23:693.
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. (Grass US)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:452.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico. (F New Mex)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio. (F Ohio)
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora. (F Mich)
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Elymus virginicus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Elymus virginicus. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Elymus carolinianus Walter
  
• (=) Elymus hirsutiglumis Scribn.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Elymus virginicus var. intermedius (Vasey) Bush
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Elymus virginicus L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Florets: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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