Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Elymus repens (Linnaeus) Gould
(Quackgrass)
Family: Poaceae
Status: Exotic
Synonyms:
Agropyron repens (Linnaeus) Beauvois
Elytrigia repens (Linnaeus) Nevski
Triticum repens Linnaeus
Elymus repens is a rhizomatous perennial grass with one spikelet per node on the main axis. The glumes are acute at the apex and the anthers are about 4mm long. Elymus repens is found in disturbed moist ground at the side of dirt roads in the mountains.
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Elymus repens, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Black Range, McKnight Peak, Aug. 9, 2009
Elymus repens, rhizomes, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Black Range, McKnight Peak, Aug. 9, 2009
Elymus repens, leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Black Range, McKnight Peak, Aug. 9, 2009
Elymus repens, closeup of raceme, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Black Range, McKnight Peak, Aug. 9, 2009
Elymus repens, macro of spikelet, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Black Range, McKnight Peak, Aug. 9, 2009
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