Species: Leymus flavescens
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Sand Wildrye is a perennial grass that forms large clumps of leaves and stems which reach up to 1 m high and arise from deep rhizomes. The glabrous leaves are 3-5 mm wide with inrolled margins. The membranous crest on the leaf where it meets the stem, or ligule is ca. 1 mm high. Spikelets are 15-25 mm long and are arranged opposite each other at each node in a narrow spike that is 12-20 cm long and is located at the tops of the stems. Each spikelet has a pair of short-awned glumes at its base and 5-9 flowers, each of which has a densely long-hairy lemma that is 11-15 mm long and a smaller palea.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Monocotyledoneae
Cyperales
Poaceae
Leymus
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Sand Wildrye is a perennial grass that forms large clumps of leaves and stems which reach up to 1 m high and arise from deep rhizomes. The glabrous leaves are 3-5 mm wide with inrolled margins. The membranous crest on the leaf where it meets the stem, or ligule is ca. 1 mm high. Spikelets are 15-25 mm long and are arranged opposite each other at each node in a narrow spike that is 12-20 cm long and is located at the tops of the stems. Each spikelet has a pair of short-awned glumes at its base and 5-9 flowers, each of which has a densely long-hairy lemma that is 11-15 mm long and a smaller palea.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life