Elymus macrourus
Northern Wheatgrass, Silky Wildrye
Other regional names: Tufted Wheatgrass
- Tufted Wheatgrass
Also known as: Agropyron boreale (Turcz.) Drobow +19 more
- Agropyron boreale (Turcz.) Drobow
- Agropyron boreale (Turcz.) Drobow ex Polunin
- Agropyron boreale subsp. boreale
- Agropyron boreale subsp. scandicum (Nevski) Kuvaev
- Agropyron boreale subsp. scandium (Nevski) Kuvaev
- Agropyron boreale var. boreale
- Agropyron dasystachyum var. bakeri (Hitchc.) B.Boivin
- Agropyron dasystachyum var. sericeum (Hitchc.) B.Boivin
- Agropyron kronokense Kom.
- Agropyron latiglume subsp. eurasiaticum Hultén
- Agropyron latiglume subsp. subalpinum (Neuman) Vestergr.
- Agropyron macrourum (Turcz. ex Steud.) Drobow
- Agropyron nomokonovii Popov
- Agropyron sericeum Hitchc.
- Agropyron turuchanense Reverd.
- Elymus alaskanus subsp. borealis (Turcz.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Elymus alaskanus subsp. borealis (Turcz.) Melderis, 1978
- Elymus alaskanus subsp. islandicus (Melderis) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Elymus alaskanus subsp. kronokensis (Kom.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Elymus alaskanus subsp. scandicus (Nevski) Melderis
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Poaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial.
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Elymus macrourus (commonly known as Northern Wheatgrass or Silky Wildrye) is a grass belonging to the Poaceae family. Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Europe, and North America, this species is primarily associated with subalpine or subarctic conditions.
Macro Climate
Cold
Plant Type
Grass
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Europe, Mongolia, Northern Europe, Russian Far East, Siberia, Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Altay, British Columbia, Buryatiya, China South-Central, Chita, East European Russia, Finland, Iceland, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Mongolia, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Qinghai, Sakhalin, Sweden, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yukon