genus Elymus
Member of
grasses (family Poaceae)
grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies (order Poales)
monocots (class Liliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)
Except for old historical records and extremely rare examples that I don't expect to encounter, there are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.
Caution: The key to distinguish these species is not complete.
california bottle-brush grass
Elymus californicus
medusa head
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
intermediate wheatgrass
Thinopyrum intermedium
american dune grass
Leymus mollis
pacific wild rye
Leymus pacificus
tall wheat grass
Thinopyrum obtusiflorum
stebbins’ wheat grass
Elymus stebbinsii
slender wheat grass
Elymus trachycaulus
creeping wild rye
Leymus triticoides
many flowered wild rye
Leymus × multiflorus
2 observed taxons / 14 unobserved taxons
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Chris’s observations: 3 (2 are research grade)
Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA
Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora
