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Elymus virginicus

L.

Virginia Wild Rye

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.733318
Element CodePMPOA2H1U0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderCyperales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusElymus
Other Common Names
Élyme de Virginie (FR) Virginia Wildrye (EN) Virginia wildrye (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
This is a narrow treatment of Elymus virginicus, excluding var. submuticus and var. jenkinsii, (recognized as varieties of E. virginicus in Kartesz (1994)) which are included in the distinct species E. submuticus as in Kartesz (1999) and included in Elymus curvatus Piper by Barkworth et al. in FNA (2007, vol. 24). However, this treatment of E. virginicus includes E. glabriflorus which the FNA (2007) treatment and Weakley et al. (2024) exclude as distinct. Weakley et al. (2024) recognize E. virginicus even more narrowly, excluding E. halophilus, E. jejunus, and E. hirsutiglumis which were included as E. virginicus var. halophilus, var. jejunus, and var. intermedius (respectively) in FNA (2007). E. virginicus var. jejunus and intermedius were considered indistinct from typical E. virginicus in Kartesz (1999).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-05-16
Change Date1984-04-24
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaNNR
ProvinceRankNative
Island of NewfoundlandSNRYes
OntarioS5Yes
QuebecSNRYes
AlbertaS3Yes
SaskatchewanS4Yes
ManitobaSNRYes
New BrunswickSNRYes
Nova ScotiaSNRYes
Prince Edward IslandSNRYes
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
MinnesotaSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
MichiganSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
AlabamaSNRYes
District of ColumbiaSNRYes
KansasSNRYes
PennsylvaniaSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
IndianaS5Yes
ConnecticutSNRYes
TexasSNRYes
OklahomaSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
North DakotaSNRYes
West VirginiaS4Yes
WyomingSNRYes
IllinoisS5Yes
South DakotaSNRYes
North CarolinaS5Yes
IowaSNRYes
TennesseeSNRYes
MissouriSNRYes
UtahSNRYes
ColoradoS3Yes
FloridaSNRYes
DelawareSNRYes
MarylandSNRYes
Rhode IslandSNRYes
New HampshireSNRYes
ArizonaSNRYes
VermontSNRYes
South CarolinaSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
MontanaS3Yes
New YorkS5Yes
VirginiaSNRYes
WisconsinSNRYes
KentuckyS5Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
Illinois (1)
AreaForestAcres
Bay CreekShawnee National Forest120
Texas (1)
AreaForestAcres
Little Lake CreekNational Forests in Texas596
References (4)
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Weakley, A.S., and Southeastern Flora Team. 2024. Flora of the southeastern United States. Edition of March 4, 2024. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2203 pp.