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Elymus repens

(L.) Gould

Creeping Wild Rye

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127983

Element CodePMPOA7H010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusElymus

Synonyms

Elytrigia repens(L.) Desv. ex B.D. Jackson

Other Common Names

Chiendent commun (FR) Couchgrass (EN) Quackgrass (EN) quackgrass (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 Date2006-06-26

Change Date2006-06-26

Edition Date2006-05-02

Edition AuthorsJ. Cordiero

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Range Extent Comments

Elymus repens is native to Eurasia (temperate Europe and Central Asia: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan).

(As an exotic, it can be found in parts of South America (Argentina and Chile) and in Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia (Batcher, 2002). This species is found in every state in the U.S. and in Canada from Newfoundland to British Columbia and North to the Yukon (Werner and Rioux, 1977). Quackgrass has been listed among the most frequently listed in a recently compiled database of noxious weeds in the United States and Canada (Skinner et al., 2000).)

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Weed in disturbed areas cultivated fields; <1800 m.

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Vermont	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
North Dakota	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
Nevada	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Alaska	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Oklahoma	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Labrador	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
Northwest Territories	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
Yukon Territory	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (7)

Idaho (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pioneer Mountains	Salmon-Challis National Forest	172,460
Pioneer Mountains	Sawtooth National Forest	119,563

Montana (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pilgrim Creek	Lewis and Clark National Forest	44,608

New Hampshire (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Kilkenny	White Mountain National Forest	28,766

Utah (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Lakes	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	121,967

Washington (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Entiat	Wenatchee National Forest	72,617

Wyoming (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Teton Corridor Trailheads	Bridger-Teton National Forest	286

References (6)

Batcher, M.S.. 2002. Element stewardship abstract for Elytrigia repens var. repens (L.) Desv. ex B.D. Jackson: quackgrass. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia. unpaginated.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
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.
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.
Skinner, K., L. Smith, and P. Rice. 2000. Using noxious weed lists to prioritize targets for developing weed management strategies. Weed Science, 48: 640-644.
Werner, P.A. and R.R. Rioux. 1977. The biology of Canadian weeds, part 24, Agropyron repens. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 57: 905-920.