The seed heads are more erect than those of canada wildrye which typically bow or droop philips petroleum company 1963.
Elymus virginicus awn.
Virginia wild rye is one of the most common in the state present in all but a few counties.
Lemma awns absent or up to 3 mm long and leaf blades often somewhat involute usually ascending vs.
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Virginia wild rye can be distinguished from other elymus spp.
Virginicus virginia wildrye.
Virginicus but has lemmas awnless or with vestigial awns less than 4 mm long whereas e.
It is similar to canada wildrye elymus canadensis in appearance but is typically shorter in height with shorter awns on the seed head.
It is commonly found in moist wooded habitats such as floodplain forest river and stream banks less often in open prairies meadows or roadsides.
Wild rye grasses by its erect spikelets with straight awns the lack of significant hair on its foliage and the width of its glumes about 1 mm.
Virginicus with lemma awns mostly 3 15 mm long and leaf blades flat or involute usually laxly spreading.
Dry mesic deciduous forests usually occurring on hills ridges including trap rock in shallow soils associated with quercus and or carya.
Glumes and lemmas pubescent 3a.
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Elymus virginicus is a clump forming cool season perennial grass.
Bristly wheat like spikey flower with hair like awns form in late spring.
Blades have a green or silver blue color and a waxy sheen.
Native introduced native and introduced.
The inflorescences of the latter grass also.
Elymus curvatus piper is known from near lake superior in minnesota ontario and wisconsin and could occur in the western upper peninsula.
Virginia wildrye is a native cool season perennial bunch grass.
The tufted foliage is narrow and evergreen or semi evergreen.
Rye elymus riparius is perhaps most similar in appearance to silky wild rye elymus villosus because both of these grasses produce nodding inflorescences that are more slender than those of canada wild rye elymus canadensis.
Virginicus has most lemmas awned longer than 5 mm.
There are 10 elymus species in minnesota not counting vars subspecies.
