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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Thickspike Wheatgrass-Elymus lanceolatus

This cool-season wheatgrass is thickspike wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus). The old scientific name for it was Agropyron dasystachyum. It's perenial and grows up to 2 1/2 feet talls, with rihizomes and shallow roots. Like other wheatgrasses, the inflorescence is an erect, rather dese spike. It grows throughout western and northern North America in a variety of habitats.

The spikelets generally overlap slightly.
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