Agricultural, Revegetation or Rangeland
Canada wildrye
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
Lanceolate
Brown
Short, pubescentPubescent:
Having hairs.
, and somewhat glandularGlandular:
The surface appearing to be covered with minute glands or spheres.
LemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
terminating at the apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
with an awnAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
10 to 30 mm long.
Keels are mostly turned in and flattened down near the top.
GlumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
are narrow with two to four nerves, scabrousScabrous:
Rough to the touch, covered with minute points of very short, stiff hairs.
, and long awned.
RachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet.
tapers down to the wide callusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation.
. AwnsAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae). are divergently curved when dry and two to three cm long.
Not listed
Included
Poaceae
Elymus canadensis L.
Elymus brachystachys Scribn. & C.R. Ball
Elymus canadensis L. var. brachystachys (Scribn. & C.R. Ball) Farw.
Elymus canadensis L. var. hirsutus (Farw.) Dorn
Elymus canadensis L. var. robustus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Mack. & Bush
Elymus crescendus L.C. Wheeler
Elymus philadelphicus L.
Elymus philadelphicus L. var. hirsutus Farw.
Elymus robustus Scribn. & J.G. Sm.
