Elymus triticoides (Creeping/Beardless Wild Rye)

3/11/17 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA 

3/11/17 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA 

3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Creeping/Beardless Wild Rye

SPECIES: Elymus triticoides

FAMILY: Poaceae (Grass Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/11/2017

LOCATION: Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA 

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Plant from rhizomes. 

Stem: 4.5--12.5 dm, nodes glabrous. 

Leaf: sheath glabrous or hairy; auricles to 1 mm; ligule 0.2--1.3 mm; blade 10--35 cm, 3--6 mm wide, upper surface finely scabrous. 

Inflorescence: 5--20 cm; spikelets (1)2(3) per node. 

Spikelet: glumes 5--16 mm, awl-like; florets 3--7; lemma 5--12 mm, generally awn-tipped, awn to 3 mm. 

Ecology: Dry to moist, often saline, meadows; 

Elevation: < 2500 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: CA; 

Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia, Texas, Baja California. 

Flowering Time: Jun--Jul 

Note: Hybridizes with Elymus condensatus, Elymus mollis. 

Synonyms: Leymus triticoides (Buckley) Pilg.

eFlora Treatment Author: James P. Smith, Jr.