Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Poaceae

Elymus - [maps | photos]

• Elymus canadensis L.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Canada wild rye

• Elymus curvatus Piper
  Common Name: Virginia wild rye
  Synonyms:
  

         • Elymus virginicus L. var. submuticus Hook.

         • Elymus submuticus (Hook.) Smyth & Smyth

• Elymus hystrix L.
  Common Name: eastern bottlebrush grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Hystrix patula Moench

• Elymus macgregorii R. Brooks & J.J.N. Campbell
  Common Name: early wildrye

• Elymus repens * (L.) Gould
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: quack grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv.

         • Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. ex B.D. Jackson

• Elymus riparius Wieg.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: riverbank wild rye

• Elymus svensonii Church (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: Svenson's wild rye

• Elymus villosus Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: hairy wild rye

• Elymus virginicus L.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Virginia wild rye
  Synonyms:
  

         • Elymus virginicus L. var. glabriflorus (Vasey) Bus

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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