Leymus innovatus

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Leymus
Species:
L. innovatus
Binomial name
Leymus innovatus
Synonyms

Elymus innovatus Beal

Leymus innovatus is a species of grass known as downy ryegrass, boreal wildrye, hairy wildrye, fuzzyspike wildrye, northern wildrye, and northwestern wildrye. It is native to northern North America from Alaska to eastern Canada and south to Colorado.[2][3][4]

Description

This perennial grass reproduces by seed or by spreading via its rhizomes. The stems grow up to about 80[3] to 105 centimeters tall.[4] The inflorescence is a spike up to 16 centimeters long by 2 wide, with spikelets in pairs or threes.[4]

Ecology

This grass is often a dominant species in the understory of lodgepole pine forests. It commonly grows with other plant species such as russet buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis), bluejoint reedgrass (Calamagrostis canadensis), rough fescue (Festuca altaica), jack pine (Pinus banksiana), and white spruce (Picea glauca).[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Nature Conservancy
  2. ↑ USDA Plants Profile
  3. 1 2 3 Williams, T. Y. 1990. Leymus innovatus. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.
  4. 1 2 3 Leymus innovatus. Archived 2012-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual Treatment.
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