Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Elymus elongatus (Host) Runemark
(Tall Wheatgrass)
Family: Poaceae
Status: Exotic
Synonyms:
Agropyron elongatum (Host) Beauvois
Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski
Thinopyron elongatum (Host) Barkworth & Dewey
Triticum elongatum Host
Elymus elongatus is a robust tall grass with one spikelet at each node of the inflorescence. The inflorescence is elongate, with blunt glumes. There are no rhizomes and the grass presents as a large tuft. It is an introduced perennial.
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Elymus elongatus, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, and Denise Friedrick, Burro Mtns., Mangus Springs, Oct. 28, 2007
Elymus elongatus, spike, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, and Denise Friedrick, Burro Mtns., Mangus Springs, Oct. 28, 2007
Elymus elongatus, spikelet (glumes and florets disarticulated), photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, and Denise Friedrick, Burro Mtns., Mangus Springs, Oct. 28, 2007
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