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Elymus albicans

(Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) A. Love

Montana Wild Rye

G5Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.140329

Element CodePMPOA2H1Q0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusElymus

Synonyms

Agropyron albicansScribn. & J.G. Sm.Elymus lanceolatus ssp. albicans(Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Barkworth & DeweyElymus x albicans(Scribner & J.G. Sm.) A. Love

Other Common Names

Awned Northern Wheatgrass (EN) Élyme blanchâtre (FR) Montana wheatgrass (EN) Montana Wheatgrass (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Taxonomic Comments

According to the Illustrated Flora of British Columba, Vol. 6, "This taxon is a hybrid between Pseudoroegneria spicata and Elymus lanceolatus (M. Barkworth, pers. comm.)". Treated as Elymus albicans by Kartesz (1999) and Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Kartesz (1994) treated it as Elymus lanceolatus ssp. albicans.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-05-16

Change Date2012-03-07

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S3	Yes
Saskatchewan	S5	Yes
Alberta	S4	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Utah	SNR	Yes
Colorado	S3	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Nebraska	SNA	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S4	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
North Dakota	SNR	Yes
South Dakota	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Montana (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Italian Peak	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	90,401
Mckenzie Canyon	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	33,350

North Dakota (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Long X Divide	Dakota Prairie Grasslands	10,099

References (2)

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.
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.