Elymus canadensis (Canada wild rye)

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Elymus canadensis L.

Canada wild rye

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Elymus brachystachys Scribn. & C.R. Ball
Elymus canadensis L. var. brachystachys (Scribn. & C.R. Ball) Farw.
Elymus canadensis L. var. hirsutus (Farw.) Dorn
Elymus canadensis L. var. robustus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Mack. & Bush
Elymus crescendus L.C. Wheeler
Elymus philadelphicus L.
Elymus philadelphicus L. var. hirsutus Farw.
Elymus robustus Scribn. & J.G. Sm.

8/17/2014 · Bald Mountain, Franconia Notch Area, White Mountains, New Hampshire · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 12 cm)

6/29/2023 · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

6/10/2018 · Virginia · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

10/17/2016 · Appalachian Trail, Mt. Greylock, Lanesborough, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

6/29/2023 · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

10/17/2016 · Appalachian Trail, Mt. Greylock, Lanesborough, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (12 × 18 cm)

8/17/2014 · Bald Mountain, Franconia Notch Area, White Mountains, New Hampshire · ≈ 11 × 7″ (28 × 18 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Elymus	From the Greek name elymos for “millet,” in turn from elyo, “to cover”
Species	canadensis	“Of or referring to Canada”

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Elymus canadensis description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.