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Elymus multisetus

M.E. Jones

Big Squirrel-tail

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.137118

Element CodePMPOA2H150

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusElymus

Other Common Names

Big Squirreltail (EN) big squirreltail (EN) Big Wild Rye (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Review Date1993-05-07

Change Date1993-06-10

Edition Date1993-05-07

Edition AuthorsAnnable, C.

Range Extent Comments

ID to eastern WA, south to UT, NV, AZ and Baja California.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Rocky or brushy hillsides and open dry woods and plains.

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Washington	SNR	Yes
Arizona	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Utah	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S1	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Nevada	S3	Yes
Colorado	S1	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Coldwater	Cleveland National Forest	8,402

References (3)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 24. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxviii + 911 pp.
Hitchcock, A.S. 1951. Manual of the grasses of the United States. 2nd edition revised by Agnes Chase. [Reprinted, 1971, in 2 vols., by Dover Publications, Incorporated, New York.]
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.