General:
Perennial, loosely tufted grass from fibrous roots, rarely from short rhizomes; stems 60-150 cm tall, sometimes decumbent at the base.
Leaves:
Sheaths smooth to rough or fine-hairy, often reddish-brown; blades 4-15 mm wide, flat to somewhat in-rolled, smooth to rough, rarely hairy, ear-shaped lobes at the leaf-bases 1.5-4 mm long, brown or purplish-black; ligules membranous, up to 1 (2) mm long.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a spike 6-30 cm long, 3-7 cm wide, usually nodding, with 1 to 3 (5) spikelets per node; spikelets 12-20 mm long, with 3 to 6 florets; glumes 6-13 mm long, awned, the awns 6-25 mm long, the awns straight or curving; lemmas 8-15 mm long, smooth or hairy throughout, awned, the awns (10) 15-40 (50) mm long, strongly curving outward; anthers 2-3.5 mm long.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Flower Colour:
Yellow
Blooming Period:
Late Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present over the Spring
Source: The USDA
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
1552 | 365 | 2130 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
28 | 0 | 93 |
Aspect (degrees) |
155 | 40 | 340 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 1 | 6 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
46 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(1), BAFA(2), BG(3), BWBS(1), ESSF(26), ICH(5), IDF(1), MS(2), PP(1), SBS(1), SWB(1) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Elymus brachystachys Scribn. & C.R. Ball
Elymus canadensis var. brachystachys (Scribn. & C.R. Ball) Farw.
Elymus canadensis var. hirsutus (Farw.) Dorn
Elymus canadensis var. interruptus (Buckley) Church
Elymus canadensis var. robustus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Mack. & Bush
Elymus crescendus L.C. Wheeler
Elymus philadelphicus L.
Elymus philadelphicus var. hirsutus Farw.
Elymus robustus Scribn. & J.G. Sm.