Leymus condensatus, the giant wildrye, is a wild rye grass native to eastern Oregon, California and northern Mexico.

Leymus condensatus

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Leymus
Species:
L. condensatus
Binomial name
Leymus condensatus
Synonyms

Aneurolepidium condensatum
Elymus condensatus

Description

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Leymus condensatus also commonly referred to as [2]Canyon Prince is a type of wild rye that is part of the Poaceae (Grass Family). It grows in bunches or clumps, a bunch grass, stays green all year, and has a distinctive silver blue foliage. It is drought tolerant, growing in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, the California oak woodlands of southern oak woodland and foothill woodland, and Joshua tree woodlands, rarely in wetlands. It often hybridizes with Leymus triticoides, producing the common hybrid grass Leymus x multiflorus. The plant's leaves and seeds are often consumed by both mammals and birds.

References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer Leymus condensatus. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince' - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
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