Leymus salinus

Leymus salinus

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Leymus
Species: L. salinus
Binomial name
Leymus salinus
Synonyms

Elymus salinus

Leymus salinus is a species of grass known by the common names Salina wildrye and saline wildrye. It is native to the western United States.[1] It is named for its type locality, Salina Pass, Utah.[2]

This plant is a perennial grass forming dense clumps of stems up to 1.4 meters in height. It sometimes has rhizomes. The leaves are mostly located around the bases of the stems. The inflorescence is a spike with spikelets mostly solitary or sometimes paired. Each spikelet contains up to 6 flowers.[1]

This plant grows in a number of habitat types in the western United States. It is sometimes a dominant species in pinyon-juniper woodlands and Gambel oak woodlands. In Colorado it is often codominant with Wyoming big sagebrush, shadscale, and Gardner's saltbush.[1]

There are three subspecies, including ssp. mojavensis (Mojave wildrye) and ssp. salmonis (salmon wildrye).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Anderson, Michelle D. 2004. Leymus salinus. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.
  2. ↑ Leymus salinus. Archived 2012-06-15 at the Wayback Machine. Grass Manual Treament.
  3. ↑ Leymus salinus. USDA Plants Profile.
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