Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Elymus canadensis
Elymus canadensis L.
Canada Wild Rye, Canadian Wildrye, Prairie Wildrye, Nodding Wildrye
Poaceae (Grass Family)
USDA Symbol: ELCA4USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Elymus canadensis
Canada Wildrye
Poaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes, TX.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: In shade of Juniperus ashei with rocks, but good soil high in humus.
Description: Tufted perennial with stems to 1 m tall in small clumps. Leaf auricles slender and fragile. Inflorescence a nodding spike 18 cm long. Spikelets paired at nodes,with 3-5 flowers. Glumes equal, tapering to a long awn.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Jun 6, 1995
Specimen number: 170
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1036
Accession Date: Aug 5, 1995
Accession Number: 84
Annotations: S-FRB (In fruit)